It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than to come down to Earth in his alter ego as his son and have himself hideously tortured and executed so that he could forgive himself.

If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous.

It's about time we start criticizing faith.

My God is not improbable to me. He has no need of a creation story for himself or to be fine-tuned by something else.

Words are our servants, not our masters. For different purposes, we find it convenient to use words in different senses.

The obvious objections to the execution of Saddam Hussein are valid and well aired. His death will provoke violent strife between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and between Iraqis in general and the American occupation forces.

By dislaiming the idea of a next life, we can take more excitement in this one!