“I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.”

Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.

Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.

Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.

Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.

I don’t give a damn for anybody’s opinion, I only care about the facts. So I’m not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned.

I don’t give a damn for anybody’s opinion, I only care about the facts. So I’m not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned.

Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that’s also the definition of delusion.

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.

Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.

The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.

Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.

I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.

The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.

Even those who do not, or cannot, avail themselves of a scientific education, choose to benefit from the technology that is made possible by the scientific education of others.

It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.