Science shares with religion the claim that it answers deep questions about origins, the nature of life, and the cosmos. But there the resemblance ends. Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.

The cynic about human nature might say that religious morality is an effective way of keeping people in line. The threat of hell, the reward of heaven, but the rules of the holy books are out of date and often barbaric.

Religious faith, is a state of mind, that leads people to believe in something, it doesn't matter what, without a whisper of doubt, or a whiff of evidence, and believe so strongly in some cases, that they are prepare to kill and die for it, without the need for further justification.

I really, really would like to see religion go away altogether.

Reductionism is a dirty word, and a kind of 'holistier than thou' self-righteousness has become fashionable.

All the great religions have a place for awe, for ecstatic transport at the wonder and beauty of creation.

If you want to do bad things, science is the most powerful way to do them.