Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence. We never threaten to fly….

We have the power to defy the selfish genes of our birth and, if necessary, the selfish memes of our indoctrination. We can even discuss ways of deli….

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, distinctly heard the voice of Jesus telling him to kill women, and he was locked up for life. George W. Bush s….

Why did God make tigers so good at catching prey, and at the same time make prey so good at getting away from tigers? You'd think that if God wanted ….

I do think imagination is enormously valuable, and that children should be encouraged in their imagination. That's very true..

Religion is a powerful weapon that can be used because it persuades people to do things. And thus it can be used for good or ill. But it should not b….

If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I would immediately change my mind. As thi….

I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where facts are concerned..

Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but tha….

Reductionism is a dirty word, and a kind of 'holistier than thou' self-righteousness has become fashionable..

I'm fond of science fiction. But not all science fiction. I like science fiction where there's a scientific lesson, for example - when the science fi….

I have never quite understood - and this is no doubt my failing - I never quite understood why you would read fiction to understand the human conditi….

There's an element of paradox there - that at least you know where you stand with the fundamentalists. I mean, they're absolutely clear in their erro….

I'm a sucker for nice religious leaders. I fall for it every time..

Society bends over backward to be accommodating to religious sensibilities but not to other kinds of sensibilities. If I say something offensive to r….

I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of, say, Judaism, Anglicanis….

I think that [Jay] Gould's separate compartments was a purely political ploy to win middle-of-the-road religious people to the science camp. But it's….

Religious people are atheists about all other gods, atheists only take it one god further..

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one..

We're going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones..

The atheist view is correspondingly life-affirming and life-enhancing, while at the same time never being tainted with self-delusion, wishful thinkin….