We don't have faith in reason; we use reason because, unlike revelation, it produces results and understanding. Even discussing why we should use reason employs reason!
Evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go. - Jerry A. Coyne
Evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go.
- Jerry A. Coyne
In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice. - Jerry A. Coyne
In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice.
The biogeographic evidence for evolution is now so powerful that I have never seen a creationist book, article, or lecture that has tried to refute i… - Jerry A. Coyne
The biogeographic evidence for evolution is now so powerful that I have never seen a creationist book, article, or lecture that has tried to refute i…
Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe. - Jerry A. Coyne
Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe.
Faith is a padlock of the mind, and few keys can open it. - Jerry A. Coyne
Faith is a padlock of the mind, and few keys can open it.
If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the… - Jerry A. Coyne
If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the…
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding "truth": dogma, aut… - Jerry A. Coyne
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding "truth": dogma, aut…
There is no horror, no amount of evil in the world, that a true believer can't rationalize as consistent with a loving God. It's the ultimate way of … - Jerry A. Coyne
There is no horror, no amount of evil in the world, that a true believer can't rationalize as consistent with a loving God. It's the ultimate way of …
If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance “God”. - Jerry A. Coyne
If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance “God”.
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