Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.

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.

We want to be open-minded enough to accept radial new ideas when they occasionally come along, but we don't want to be so open-minded that our brains fall out.

I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism.

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

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

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.