Values Reduce To Facts About

Religion Provides The Only Story That Is Fundamentally Consoling In The Face Of The Worst Possible Experiences - The Death Of A Parent, For Instance. In Fact, Many Religions Take Away The Problem Entirely, Because Their Adherents Ostensibly Believe That They're Going To Be Reunited With Everyone They Love, And Death Is An Illusion.

The Truth Is That We Simply Do Not Know What Happens After Death.

The Science Of Morality Is About Maximizing Psychological And Social Health. It's Really No More Inflammatory Than That.

If History Reveals Any Categorical Truth, It Is That An Insufficient Taste For Evidence Regularly Brings Out The Worst In Us. Add Weapons Of Mass Destruction To This Diabolical Clockwork, And You Have . . . A Recipe For The Fall Of Civilization.

Everyone Who Has Eyes To See Can See That If The God Of Abraham Exists, He Is An Utter Psychopath--and The God Of Nature Too. If You Can't See These Things Just By Looking, You Have Simply Closed Your Eyes To The Realities Of Our World.