Morality and values depend on the existence of conscious minds - and specifically on the fact that such minds can experience various forms of well-being and suffering in this universe.

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

I think it [getting a gun] should be like getting a pilot's license. I think you should require training to get a license to have a gun.

You are using your own moral intuitions to authenticate the wisdom of the Bible - and then, in the next moment, you assert that we human beings cannot possibly rely upon our own intuitions to rightly guide us in the world.

I am one of the few people I know of who has argued in print that torture may be an ethical necessity in our war on terror.

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

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.