The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.

If one shoots at a king, one must not miss.

Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry.

Noam Chomsky skittles and skithers all over the political landscape to distract the reader’s attention from the plain truth.

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.