If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I would immediately change my mind. As things stand, however, all available evidence (and there is a vast amount of it) favours evolution.

Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from the cradle.

Faith is an evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument.

I do think imagination is enormously valuable, and that children should be encouraged in their imagination. That's very true.

If we say that religion is a virus, then why isn't science a virus?

If you don't know anything about computers, just remember that they are machines that do exactly what you tell them but often surprise you in the result.

The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on people rather than see them as individuals.