There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should it try to.

The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.

Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker

Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches.

As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.

The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.

You cannot take death for apostasy seriously and be working for peace.