There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?
Robert J. SawyerThe right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.
Robert J. SawyerNo one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?
Robert J. SawyerSince ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he does, he's utterly indifferent to our individual affairs--but we can't let the rabble know that; it's the fear of God, the threat of divine punishment and the promise of divine reward, that keeps in line those too unsophisticated to work out questions of morality on their own.
Robert J. Sawyer