A purpose derived from a false premise - that a deity has ordained submission to his will - cannot merit respect. The pursuit of Enlightenment-era goals - solving our world's problems through rational discourse, rather than through religion and tradition… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amendment, we should recall, forbids Congress both from establishing laws designating a state religion and from abridging freedom… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“I fear no hell, just as I expect no heaven. Nabokov summed up a nonbeliever’s view of the cosmos, and our place in it,… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Not taking the Bible (or other texts based on 'revealed truths') literally leaves it up to the reader to cherry-pick elements for belief. There… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“Killing, raping and looting have been common practices in religious societies, and often carried out with clerical sanction. The catalogue of notorious barbarities –… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“Aging and the prospect of dying by no means enhance the attractiveness of fictitious comforts to come in paradise, or the veracity of malicious… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“I’ve often wondered how the term “'New Atheism”' gained such currency. It is a misnomer. There is nothing new about nonbelief. All of us,… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
A purpose derived from a false premise - that a deity has ordained submission to his will - cannot merit respect. The pursuit of… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First Amendment, we… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
My writing derived from the conviction I conceived during my college years: one should lead one's life as if one were the protagonist of… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
