There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does.

Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.

If we cannot find our way to a time when most of us are willing to admit that, at the very least, we are not sure whether or not God wrote some of our books, then we need only count the days to Armageddon-because God has given us far many more reasons to kill one another than to turn the other cheek.

We must continually remind ourselves that there is a difference between what is natural and what is actually good for us.

From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.

The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a child with a spinal cord injury has had his moral sense blinded by religious metaphysics.

We are faced with the task of convincing a myth infatuated world that love and curiosity are sufficient and you don't have to delude yourself and frighten yourself with Iron Age fairy tales. This is a monumental task. I don't think there is an intellectual struggle more worthy of our efforts.