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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

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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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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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Across Belief Change Come Demonstrate Even Fall Generation Hard Slowly
There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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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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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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I’m very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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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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It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
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