There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.
F.A. Hayek
Socially, when I moved from theism to atheism, and science as a worldview, I guess, to be honest, I just liked the people in science, and the scientists, and their books, and just the lifestyle, and the way of living. I liked that better than the religious books, the religious people I was hanging out with—just socially. It just felt more comfortable for me. In reality I think most of us arrive at most of our beliefs for non-rational reasons, and then we justify them with these reasons after the fact. (Emphasis added)
— Michael Shermer, Executive Director of The Skeptics Society
Source: pbs.org
