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

Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love, and avoid others, like loneliness. We eat specific foods to enjoy their fleeting presence on our tongues. We read for the pleasure of thinking another person's thoughts.

We are free to burn the Qur’an or any other book, and to criticize Muhammad or any other human being. Let no one forget it.

This is the true horror of religion. It allows perfectly decent and sane people to believe by the billions, what only lunatics could believe on their own.

We should profile Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim, and we should be honest about it.

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

What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.