We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.

I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

People yearn to be in one of the best--a combat marine regiment, an elite college, the executive committee of a company, a religious sect, a fraternity, a garden club--any collectivity that can be compared favorably with other, competing groups.

I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.

I believe that traditional religious belief and scientific knowledge depict the universe in radically different ways. At the bedrock they are incompatible and mutually exclusive.