Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality, that's just sucking up.

There is another kind of altruism that seems to go beyond that, a kind of super-altruism, which humans appear to have. And I think that does need a Darwinian explanation.

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion.

The Universe does not owe us meaning.

I have a strong feeling that the subject of evolution is beautiful without the excuse of creationists needing to be bashed.

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

I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.