One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.
From Richard Dawkins
I think the world's always a better place if people are filled with understanding.
Islands are natural workshops of evolution.
What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all?
A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory.
Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.
Sometimes I think it's possible to mistake desire for clarity and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression.
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