Thus the creationist's favourite question "What is the use of half an eye?" Actually, this is a lightweight question, a doddle to answer. Half an eye is just 1 per cent better than 49 per cent of an eye.

I think a fundamentalist is somebody who believes something unshakably and isn't going to change their mind.

You can never be absolutely certain that anything doesn't exist. But you can show that it's unlikely.

How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.

If your plane is being hijacked by an armed man who, though prepared to take risks, presumably wants to go on living, there is room for bargaining.

In the beginning was simplicity.

Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.