It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
RICHARD DAWKINSCreationists 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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Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.
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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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It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver.
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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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Science is the poetry of reality.
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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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Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
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Even those who do not, or cannot, avail themselves of a scientific education, choose to benefit from the technology that is made possible by the scientific education of others.
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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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We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
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Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.
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In the beginning was simplicity.
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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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