Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice.
E. O. WILSONJehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It’s about conflicts between creation stories.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they’ve had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.
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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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