Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity..

Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with... Only by the constant action of an agent outside the universe, such as God, coul….

The belief in supernatural forces remains to this day a yoke on the neck of humanity, but at least Thales made it possible, for those of us who wish ….

While science continually uncovers new mysteries, it has removed much of what was once regarded as deeply mysterious. Although we certainly do not kn….

In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended and no one can predict w….

I do not think science has to make any apologies. It looks at the world and tells it like it is. And we all live longer, better lives because of this….

It was not that I thought I was smarter. I had simply explored science and found what seemed to me a far more powerful authority. And, I did not stea….

Proof is not required to believe [in a god]. But some sign, some evidence is needed. None exists... Find some inkling of evidence. There is none..

Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered..

Those who use the Bible as a reference for moral behavior are simply cherry-picking those teachings, such as the Golden Rule, that they have independ….

Fifteen years of skepticism has done more for me than 20 years of force-fed religion and 30 years of indifference in between..

Any strategy that attempts to reinforce faith by undermining science is also doomed to failure. Showing that some scientific theory is wrong will not….

Define self-awareness and tell me what it is about it that requires something more than a material explanation. I do not accept the burden of explain….

Scientists have practical reasons for wishing that religion and science be kept separate. They can see nothing but trouble ... if they venture into t….

Alternative explanations are always welcome in science, if they are better and explain more. Alternative explanations that explain nothing are not we….

When people start using science to argue for their specific beliefs and delusions, to try to claim that they're supported by science, then scientists….

With pantheism...the deity is associated with the order of nature or the universe itself...when modern scientists such as Einstein and Stephen Hawkin….

A scenario is suggested by which the universe and its laws could have arisen naturally from nothing. Current cosmology suggests that no laws of physi….

Until recent times, absence of evidence for his [Jehovah's] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge ….

Scientific evidence for God's existence is being claimed today by theists, many of whom carry respectable scientific or philosophical credentials. He….

The battle over the validity of evolution has been publicly posed as a scientific one. However, you will find little sign of it in scientific journal….