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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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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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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It’s obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life – for 8 billion or more people – without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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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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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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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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Jehovah 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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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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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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