Religious faith, is a state of mind, that leads people to believe in something, it doesn’t matter what, without a whisper of doubt, or a whiff of evidence, and believe so strongly in some cases, that they are prepare to kill and die for it, without the need for further justification.
RICHARD DAWKINSDon’t ask God to cure cancer and world poverty. He’s too busy finding you a parking space and fixing the weather for your barbecue.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
-
-
A god who is capable of sending intelligible signals to millions of people simultaneously, and of receiving messages from all of them simultaneously, cannot be, whatever else he might be, simple. Such Bandwidth!
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Science is the poetry of reality.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
The less you think, the more you believe.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
The only watchmaker is the blind forces of physics.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Unfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop being true.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
RICHARD DAWKINS -
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.
RICHARD DAWKINS