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?
E. O. WILSONWhen you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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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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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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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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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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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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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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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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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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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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