It Would Be Intolerant If I Advocated

Over The Centuries, We've Moved On From Scripture To Accumulate Precepts Of Ethical, Legal And Moral Philosophy. We've Evolved A Liberal Consensus Of What We Regard As Underpinnings Of Decent Society, Such As The Idea That We Don't Approve Of Slavery Or Discrimination On The Grounds Of Race Or Sex, That We Respect Free Speech And The Rights Of The Individual. All Of These Things That Have Become Second Nature To Our Morals Today Owe Very Little To Religion, And Mostly Have Been Won In Opposition To The Teeth Of Religion.

The Argument From Improbability, Properly Deployed, Comes Close To Proving That God Does Not Exist.

It's Very Important To Try To Inculcate Into Children Moral Rules, Such As "do As You Would Be Done By."

My Passion Is For Scientific Truth. I Don't Much Care About Good And Evil. ... I Care About What's True.

It Has Become Almost A Cliché To Remark That Nobody Boasts Of Ignorance Of Literature, But It Is Socially Acceptable To Boast Ignorance Of Science And Proudly Claim Incompetence In Mathematics.