In Principle, Skeptics Are Neither

Religious Faith Depends On A Host Of Social, Psychological And Emotional Factors That Have Little Or Nothing To Do With Probabilities, Evidence And Logic.

Science Is Not The Affirmation Of A Set Of Beliefs But A Process Of Inquiry Aimed At Building A Testable Body Of Knowledge Constantly Open To Rejection Or Confirmation. In Science, Knowledge Is Fluid And Certainty Fleeting. That Is At The Heart Of Its Limitations. It Is Also Its Greatest Strength.

Myths Are About The Human Struggle To Deal With The Great Passages Of Time And Life--birth, Death, Marriage, The Transitions From Childhood To Adulthood To Old Age. They Meet A Need In The Psychological Or Spiritual Nature Of Humans That Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Science. To Try To Turn A Myth Into A Science, Or A Science Into A Myth, Is An Insult To Myths, An Insult To Religion, And An Insult To Science. In Attempting To Do This, Creationists Have Missed The Significance, Meaning, And Sublime Nature Of Myths. They Took A Beautiful Story Of Creation And Re-creation And Ruined It.

There Is A Significant Difference Between Having No Belief In A God And Believing There Is No God.

...there ... Remains A Huge Following [of Ayn Rand's Philosophy] Of Those Who Ignore The Indiscretions, Infidelities, And Moral Inconsistencies Of The Founder And Focus Instead On The Positive Aspects Of Her Philosophy. There Is Much In It To Admire, If You Do Not Have To Accept The Whole Package... Criticism Of The Founder Or Followers Of A Philosophy Does Not, By Itself, Constitute A Negation Of Any Part Of The Philosophy... Criticism Of Part Of A Philosophy Does Not Gainsay The Whole.