Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body.

The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering.

Skepticism is not a position; it's a process.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be.

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.

So, of course, Gish's presentation was well received, which it would have been the case had he only gotten up and said "praise the Lord" and sat back down.