To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for a meaning to their existence, they reject the possibility of no God. In their minds, only a purposeful universe based on God is possible and science can do nothing else but support thistruth.

Scientists have practical reasons for wishing that religion and science be kept separate. They can see nothing but trouble ... if they venture into the deeply divisive issue of religion - especially when their results tend to support a highly unpopular, atheistic conclusion.

The 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.

Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.

Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth but to win.

Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered.

Just because quantum mechanics is weird does not mean that everything that is weird is quantum mechanics.