There can be no progress without head-on confrontation.

Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it.

There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.

The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion.

The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.