The Problem That Religious Moderation Poses For

False Encouragement Is A Kind Of Theft: It Steals Time, Energy, And Motivation A Person Could Put Toward Some Other Purpose.

Religious Faith Obscures Uncertainty Where Uncertainty . . . Exists, Allowing The Unknown, The Implausible, And The . . . False To Achieve Primacy Over The Facts.

Strange Bonds Of Trust And Self-deception Tend To Grow Between Journalists And Their Subjects.

It Is Rather More Noble To Help People Purely Out Of Concern For Their Suffering Than It Is To Help Them Because You Think The Creator Of The Universe Wants You To Do It, Or Will Reward You For Doing It, Or Will Punish You For Not Doing It. The Problem With This Linkage Between Religion And Morality Is That It Gives People Bad Reasons To Help Other Human Beings When Good Reasons Are Available.

The Faith Of Religion Is Belief On Insufficient Evidence.