Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.

The evening was very professionally organized, and most of the people were exceptionally polite, although it did make me a little nervous when one church official told me after the debate when a big crowd of people surrounded me that he had assigned me a body guard "just in case." Just in case what? I thought Christians were suppose to be exceptionally tolerant. Well, in any case, I guess I was grateful for the gesture, "just in case."

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method.

A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of the universe evokes far more awe for creation than light streaming through a stained glass window in a cathedral.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

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.

One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements.