The whole weight of science is the prima facie evidence against a miracle having occurred. - John Allen Paulos

Together the, two ingredients—a perceived incongruity with a point and an appropriate emotional climate—seem to be both necessary and sufficient for humor.

It’s become somewhat fashionable to say that religion and science are growing together and are no longer incompatible. This convergence is, in my opinion, illusory. In fact, I don’t believe that any attempt to combine these very disparate bodies of ideas can succeed intellectually.

There is no such thing as free lunch, and even if there were, there’d be no guarantee against indigestion.