True believers are continually shown by reality that their god doesn't exist, but have developed extensive coping mechanisms to deal with this cognitive dissonance.

There is little difference in the knowledge held by those who can't learn and those who won't.

Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.

Fundamentalists of different religions have more in common with each other than they do with the moderates of their own religions.

The essence of Christianity, as I see it, is love. The essence of Humanism (and I'm also a Humanist) is love. At that level, we're not far apart.

The world looks like it was designed. Of course, the Sun also looks like it goes around the Earth. It is only thru science that we know that both of these perceptions are wrong.

People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.