You can't understand European history at all other than through religion, or English literature either if you can't recognise biblical allusions.

I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits.

Religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its pride and joy, shouted from the rooftops.

In the beginning was simplicity.

I love romantic poetry.

Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.

We are machines built by DNA whose purpose is to make more copies of the same DNA. ... This is exactly what we are for. We are machines for propagating DNA, and the propagation of DNA is a self-sustaining process. It is every living object's sole reason for living.