Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
RICHARD DAWKINSOur life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.
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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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Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
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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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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
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It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
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Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.
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Such delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.
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Don’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.
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
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Even those who do not, or cannot, avail themselves of a scientific education, choose to benefit from the technology that is made possible by the scientific education of others.
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Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
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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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Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
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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.
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