It is utterly astonishing how ordinary a book can be and still be thought the product of omniscience.

Atheism is just a way of clearing the space for better conversations.

The men who committed the atrocities of September 11 were certainly not "cowards," as they were repeatedly described in the Western media, nor were they lunatics in any ordinary sense. They were men of faith—perfect faith, as it turns out—and this, it must finally be acknowledged, is a terrible thing to be.

We have Christians against Muslims against Jews. They're making incompatible claims on real estate in the Middle East as though God were some kind of omniscient real estate broker parsing out parcels of land to his chosen flock. People are literally dying over ancient literature.

Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.

Unreason is now ascendant in the United States—in our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal government.

It is important to realize that our inability to answer a question says nothing about whether the question itself has an answer.