I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.
RICHARD DAWKINSDon’t ask God to cure cancer and world poverty. He’s too busy finding you a parking space and fixing the weather for your barbecue.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front.
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Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
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Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
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The majority of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most regrettable facts of them all.
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The only watchmaker is the blind forces of physics.
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There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point.
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Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.
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Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
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I don’t give a damn for anybody’s opinion, I only care about the facts. So I’m not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned.
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Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.
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The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
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Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.
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