In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

If spirituality is the sense of awe and humility in the face of the creation, what could be more awesome and humbling than the deep space discovered by Hubble and the cosmologists, and the deep time discovered by Darwin and the evolutionists.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.

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

People who espouse Intelligent Design believe nature is so complex as to require an intelligent designer-God. Similarly, liberals believe the economy is so complex as to require an intelligent designer-government.

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.

Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science once their causes are understood.