The book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.
RICHARD DAWKINSUnfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop being true.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
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The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable.
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Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.
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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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If the history-deniers who doubt the fact of evolution are ignorant of biology, those who think the world began less than ten thousand years ago are worst than ignorant, they are the deluded to the point of perversity.
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Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.
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Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.
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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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The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.
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It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
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It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver.
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We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
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It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
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