The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
RICHARD DAWKINSFaith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that’s also the definition of delusion.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
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Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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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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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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Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
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It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
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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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When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.
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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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The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
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