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The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended, i...more

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We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith ...more

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Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely to be more durable than one that conforms, at every turn, to our powers...more

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In Islam, it is the "moderate" who is left to split hairs,because the basic thrust of the doctrine is undeniable: convert, sub-jugate, or kill unbelie...more

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Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms.

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Faith is like a pockpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms.

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While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds imme...more

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Man is manifestly not the measure of all things. This universe is shot through with mystery. The very fact of its being, and of our own, is a mystery ...more

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Faith is the mortar that fills the cracks in the evidence and the gaps in the logic, and thus it is faith that keeps the whole terrible edifice of rel...more

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Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he is likely to require as much evidence...more

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It is also worth noting that one can obtain a Ph.D. in any branch of science for no other purpose than to make cynical use of scientific language in a...more

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[I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our religious traditions.

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There is no doubt that the United States has much to atone for, both domestically and abroad...To produce this horrible confection at home, start with...more

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Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.

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To point out nonepistemic motives in another’s view of the world, therefore, is always a criticism, as it serves to cast doubt upon a person’s connect...more