Most Of Us Are Wiser Than We

Death Is, In Some Ways, Unacceptable. It's Just An Astonishing Fact Of Our Being Here That We Die; But I Think Worse Than That Is If We Live Long Enough, We Lose Everyone We Love In This World. I Mean People Die And Disappear, And We're Left With This Stark Mystery: Just The Sheer Not Knowing Of What Happened To Them.

The Conflict Between Religion And Science Is Inherent And (very Nearly) Zero-sum. The Success Of Science Often Comes At The Expense Of Religious Dogma; The Maintenance Of Religious Dogma Always Comes At The Expense Of Science.

Muslims Must Learn That If They Make Belligerent And Fanatical Claims Upon The Tolerance Of Free Societies, They Will Meet The Limits Of That Tolerance.

In The Year 2006, A Person Can Have Sufficient Intellectual And Material Resources To Build A Nuclear Bomb And Still Believe That He Will Get Seventy-two Virgins In Paradise.

The Perpetrators Of The Inquisition - The Torturers, Informers, And Those Who Commanded Their Actions - Were Ecclesiastics Of One Rank Or Another. They Were Men Of God - Popes, Bishops, Friars, And Priests.