All religious beliefs seem weird to people not brought up in them.

A formative influence on my undergraduate self was the response of a respected elder statesmen of the Oxford Zoology Department when an American visitor had just publicly disproved his favourite theory. The old man strode to the front of the lecture hall, shook the American warmly by the hand and declared in ringing, emotional tones: "My dear fellow, I wish to thank you. I have been wrong these fifteen years." And we clapped our hands red. Can you imagine a Government Minister being cheered in the House of Commons for a similar admission? "Resign, Resign" is a much more likely response!

I've never heard of William Craig. A debate with him might look good on his resume, but it wouldn't look good on mine!

Sometimes in life it is a good idea to stop,sometimes it is a good idea to go on. The trick is to decide when to stop

We're going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones.

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

I think we don't do a service to dialogue between science and faith to characterize sincere people by calling them names. That inspires an even more dug-in position.