Skepticism Is Not A Position; Skepticism Is

We Want To Be Special. We Want Our Place In The Cosmos To Be Central. We Want Evolution-even Godless Evolution-to Have Been Directed Toward Us So That We Stand At The Pinnacle Of Nature's Ladder Of Progress. Rewind The Tape Of Life And We Want To Believe That We (homo Sapiens) Would Appear Again And Again. Would We? Probably Not.

The Whole Point Of Faith, In Fact, Is To Believe Regardless Of The Evidence, Which Is The Very Antithesis Of Science.

Anecdotal Thinking Comes Naturally; Science Requires Training.

A Hubble Space Telescope Photograph Of The Universe Evokes Far More Awe For Creation Than Light Streaming Through A Stained Glass Window In A Cathedral.

In The Past 10,000 Years, Humans Have Devised Roughly 100,000 Religions Based On Roughly 2,500 Gods. So The Only Difference Between Myself And The Believers Is That I Am Skeptical Of 2,500 Gods Whereas They Are Skeptical Of 2,499 Gods. We're Only One God Away From Total Agreement.