How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said—grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed”? Instead they say, “No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.” — Carl Sagan   Biblical...

Last September, the day I learned I had an especially aggressive form of cancer, I pondered, “If I have only one message left to communicate to the world, what would it be?” The answer that came: “Preach the New Atheists as God’s prophets.” A few hours later, I recorded a 30-minute podcast with that title. Ten months later, with cancer in remission, this is still...