“The question to ask believers is this: “Does it really matter whether what you believe about God is true—or don’t you care?””

—  Jerry Coyne

If it does matter, then you must justify your beliefs; if it doesn’t, then you must justify belief itself.
Source: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 63

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