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You can make some inferences about a man’s character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.

Richard Dawkins

The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
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Amount Beyond Decent Natural Suffering World
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
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Belief Institution Passage Power Religion Time Truth
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
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Against Religion Satisfaction Teaching Understand World
Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.
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Crime Victim
When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.
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Atheist Delusion Insanity People Religion Suffering
We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.
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Evolution Machine Molecule Science Survival Truth Vehicle
Human suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use.
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Cause Grasp Human Reality Suffering Tool Word
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
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Discourage Faith Inquiry Meme Rational Unconsicious
Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
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Comparison Evil Faith Greatness Virus World
When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
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Die Life
Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
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Doubt Earth Evolution Sun Theory
The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it’s divisive and it’s dangerous.
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Atheist Discourage People Reason Religious Time
Even if not a single fossil has ever been found, the evidence from surviving animals would still overwhelmingly force the conclusion that Darwin was right.
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Animal Evidence Evolution Force Science Survival
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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Diversity Enthusiasm Fact Opinion Science
Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don’t see you jumping out of buildings.
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Building Evolution Gravity Jump Theory
Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private revelation.
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Blind Book Evidence Mind People Religious Revelation Switch Want

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