Anecdotal Thinking Comes Naturally; Science

People Who Espouse Intelligent Design Believe Nature Is So Complex As To Require An Intelligent Designer-god. Similarly, Liberals Believe The Economy Is So Complex As To Require An Intelligent Designer-government.

One, I Am Skeptical Of The Effectiveness Of Nutritional Supplements.

The Evening Was Very Professionally Organized, And Most Of The People Were Exceptionally Polite, Although It Did Make Me A Little Nervous When One Church Official Told Me After The Debate When A Big Crowd Of People Surrounded Me That He Had Assigned Me A Body Guard "just In Case." Just In Case What? I Thought Christians Were Suppose To Be Exceptionally Tolerant. Well, In Any Case, I Guess I Was Grateful For The Gesture, "just In Case."

I Am An Atheist. There, I Said It. Are You Happy, All You Atheists Out There Who Have Remonstrated With Me For Adopting The Agnostic Moniker? If "atheist" Means Someone Who Does Not Believe In God, Then An Atheist Is What I Am. But I Detest All Such Labels. Call Me What You Like - Humanist, Secular Humanist, Agnostic, Nonbeliever, Nontheist, Freethinker, Heretic, Or Even Bright. I Prefer Skeptic.

The Actual Atoms And Molecules That Make Up My Brain And Body Today Are Not The Same Ones That I Was Born With On September 8, 1954, A Half-century Ago This Month.