Quotes from Michael Ruse

The God Delusion makes me embarrassed to be an atheist, and the McGraths show why.

The definition of a philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat, which isn't really there. And the definition of a theologian is he's somebody who finds it.

I mean, I think even God would agree with this at this point. God's existence isn't important. It's what we do with what we've got that counts.

Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.

The definition of a philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat, which isn't really there. And the definition of a theologian is he's somebody who finds it.

I mean, I think even God would agree with this at this point. God's existence isn't important. It's what we do with what we've got that counts.

t]he Darwinian argues that morality simply does not work (from a biological perspective), unless we believe that it is objective. Darwinian theory shows that, in fact, morality is a function of (subjective) feelings; but it shows also that we have (and must have) the illusion of objectivity. (Ruse 1998, 253; emphasis mine)