Until recent times, absence of evidence for his [Jehovah's] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge that we can identify many places where there should be evidence, but there is not. The absence of that evidence allows us to rule out the existence of this God beyond a reasonable doubt.
Victor J. StengerNature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.
Victor J. StengerIn a poll taken in 1998, only 7 percent of the members of the US National Academy of Sciences, the elite of American scientists, said they believed in a personal god.
Victor J. StengerSelling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered.
Victor J. StengerThe problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no evidence.
Victor J. StengerI have characterized Ross as exemplifying an extreme position among theistic scientists. However, he is not so extreme as to promote the scientifically unsound notions of the young-Earth creationists and other anti-evolutionists ... They are so far off the scale that their scientific claims need not be taken seriously. Their distortions and misrepresentations of the scientific facts are not consistent with their self-righteous claims of acting to protect all that is good and moral.
Victor J. Stenger