Atheism is not just about not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of God is he?

It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you.

Homosexuals are not interested in making other people homosexuals. Homophobes are interested in making other people homophobes.

There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

I suppose the thing that really interests me is what mankind did with the big, big, big discoveries that have created our modern age.

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it.