More stuff to add to my list of favorite quotes.

Science reveals where religion conceals. Where religion purports to explain, it actually resorts to tautology. To assert that "God did it" is no more than an admission of ignorance dressed deceitfully as an explanation.
-- Peter Atkins

Any argument that asserts that 'God did it' is a sign of a lazy mind.
-- Peter Atkins

I regard teaching religion as purveying lies.
-- Peter Atkins