"How do you explain things you observe in nature? Oh, I dunno, perhaps you could try opening a scientific textbook and reading a few sections..."

"Interesting. I don't know if I have 'suffered' with my humanist/atheist metaphysical commitment. I have suffered in this culture for my honesty. Being asked to parrot beliefs that do not fit well with my understanding or…"

"It's nice to have an evolutionary biologist on our side ;) "

"Oh geez how embarrassing. Thank goodness I don't live in the south."

"The birth of a child convincing me there is a God? That's just dumb... granted, it is a beautiful thing, but according to the bible that child is born sinful and evil and deserving of torture and pain in hell. How could you look at that new…"