Quote of the Day

“If they respect the results of modern science, and indeed the best of modern biblical research, religious believers must move away from the notion of a dictator God or a designer God, a Newtonian God who made the universe as a watch that ticks along regularly. Perhaps God should be seen more as a parent or as one who speaks encouraging and sustaining words.”—Rev. George Coyne, Jesuit astronomer who challenged both the Vatican and unbelievers. Coyne died last Tuesday, aged 87.