Accepting Evolution Does Not Force Us To

Believing That The Rustle In The Grass Is A Dangerous Predator When It Is Only The Wind Does Not Cost Much, But Believing That A Dangerous Predator Is The Wind May Cost An Animal Its Life.

... In A Free Society, Skeptics Are The Watchdogs Against Irrationalism - The Consumer Advocates Of Ideas. Debunking Is Not Simply The Divestment Of Bunk; Its Utility Is In Offering A Better Alternative, Along With A Lesson On How Thinking Goes Wrong.

I Am An Atheist. There, I Said It. Are You Happy, All You Atheists Out There Who Have Remonstrated With Me For Adopting The Agnostic Moniker? If "atheist" Means Someone Who Does Not Believe In God, Then An Atheist Is What I Am. But I Detest All Such Labels. Call Me What You Like - Humanist, Secular Humanist, Agnostic, Nonbeliever, Nontheist, Freethinker, Heretic, Or Even Bright. I Prefer Skeptic.

Myths Are About The Human Struggle To Deal With The Great Passages Of Time And Life--birth, Death, Marriage, The Transitions From Childhood To Adulthood To Old Age. They Meet A Need In The Psychological Or Spiritual Nature Of Humans That Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Science. To Try To Turn A Myth Into A Science, Or A Science Into A Myth, Is An Insult To Myths, An Insult To Religion, And An Insult To Science. In Attempting To Do This, Creationists Have Missed The Significance, Meaning, And Sublime Nature Of Myths. They Took A Beautiful Story Of Creation And Re-creation And Ruined It.

A Hubble Space Telescope Photograph Of The Universe Evokes Far More Awe For Creation Than Light Streaming Through A Stained Glass Window In A Cathedral.