wow. That is pretty black and white in regards to his personal beliefs.

Meh, he might be regarded as one of the most intellegent person's to have ever walked the Earth, however, that doesn't mean he is 100% right in all matters.

Someone who bases their belief system solely off what someone else says is ignorant. Religion should be your personal relationship. Not someone else's.

I don't see how this could turn nasty. His opinion sounds exactly like the opinion of many other people.

 i agree.

I'm not religious, but I tend to defend religious people ... Imagine for a moment that there exists a being that is as advanced compared to us as we are compared to an ant, do we even have the mental capacity in order to comprehend what that would mean?

Thats not defending religion, thats being Agnostic.

You know like, there's no way to confirm or deny the existence of god.

 I'm not religous but all I know is humans came from Evolution in Afira and migrated out into the world. The cosmic event: big bang made the universe. 

Well you know, one persons god is another persons alien. The definitions of what makes a god are somewhat fuzzy.

Einstein rules so hard. I knew he was holding out on us. Booyah!

did he get perma-banned?

 I'll disagree with that, Evolution started in the oceans and then migrated onto the original land mass of Pangaea. 

As for Religion, frankly Religion brings hope. Thats all it is, hope. This is why there have been religions and beliefs since the dawn of mankind. The belief that there is a greater existance, the belief of a better tomorrow, belief that you will forfill whatever purpose you believe your on the Earth to accomplish. This is really the true meaning to the existance of religions across the world. Nothing more, nothing less.

We will never know if there is a greater being as the real circle of life is through energy. The energy of the universe is constantly changing and moving. Ourlife is energy, when we die we pass that energy off into the universe to be used somewhere ese. No matter if its to grow a field of flowers or to help create a new star or black hole. This is what they cycle of life really is.