“Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.”
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One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.
If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.
I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance.
We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
