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.
RICHARD DAWKINSFaith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that’s also the definition of delusion.
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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.
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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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Religion: Together we can find the cure.
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Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private revelation.
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Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.
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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
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Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program.
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Don’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.
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.
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The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it’s divisive and it’s dangerous.
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