The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
RICHARD DAWKINSChance is just a word expressing ignorance.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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The majority of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most regrettable facts of them all.
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The book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.
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Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.
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Human suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use.
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I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.
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Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.
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You can make some inferences about a man’s character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.
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If there is a God, it’s going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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Our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.
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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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Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
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I don’t give a damn for anybody’s opinion, I only care about the facts. So I’m not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned.
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Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours.
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Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority.
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