It is interesting to ask whether there's any general reason why being religious might make you do nice things or indeed nasty things. It's possible that people do nice things because they're religious. One reason might be they're hoping for a reward in Heaven, which is not a very noble reason.

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.

There is great variation in brain power all the way from Einstien on one hand to Sarah Palin on the other.

... you need more than luck to navigate successfully through a thousand sieves in succession.

My passion is for scientific truth. I don't much care about good and evil. ... I care about what's true.

Who will say with confidence that sexual abuse is more permanently damaging to children than threatening them with the eternal and unquenchable fires of hell?

Public sharing is an important part of science.