All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the earth.

Lying is, almost by definition, a refusal to cooperate with others. It condenses a lack of trust and trustworthiness into a single act. It is both a failure of understanding and an unwillingness to be understood. To lie is to recoil from relationship.

The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.

Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.

The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.

I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.