Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a beginning an infinite time ago — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Is there a place in a church where you leave your brains when you enter? — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for a meaning… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Until recent times, absence of evidence for his [Jehovah's] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth but to… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Fifteen years of skepticism has done more for me than 20 years of force-fed religion and 30 years of indifference in between. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Just because quantum mechanics is weird does not mean that everything that is weird is quantum mechanics. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors, to the… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
“The myth of quantum consciousness sits well with many whose egos have made it impossible for them to accept the insignificant place science perceives… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Any strategy that attempts to reinforce faith by undermining science is also doomed to failure. Showing that some scientific theory is wrong will not… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity. — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
Define self-awareness and tell me what it is about it that requires something more than a material explanation. I do not accept the burden… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share
