Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Moreover, the true believers in each of these faiths are atheists regarding the specific sacred tenets of all other faiths. Christianity rejects the proposition that the Quran contains the infallible words of the creator of the universe. Muslims and Jews reject the divinity of Jesus.

Metaphysical speculation is independent of the physical validity of the Big Bang itself and is irrelevant to our understanding of it.

The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.

The lack of understanding of something is not evidence for God. It's evidence of a lack of understanding.

Most people don't base their morality on religion in spite what they say. If you ask people, "If you didn't believe in God, would you go out and kill your neighbour?" Most people will say, "No".

There is a maxim about the universe which I always tell my students: That which is not explicitly forbidden is guaranteed to occur.

Nothing can create something all the time due to the laws of quantum mechanics, and it's - it's fascinatingly interesting.