The book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.
RICHARD DAWKINSIf 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.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.
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Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility.
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My objection to supernatural beliefs is precisely that they miserably fail to do justice to the sublime grandeur of the real world. They represent a narrowing-down from reality, an impoverishment of what the real world has to offer.
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If there is a human moral to be drawn, it is that we must teach our children altruism, for we cannot expect it to be part of their biological nature.
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Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.
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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
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The less you think, the more you believe.
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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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Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.
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I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.
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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits.
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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
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Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
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