Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.
RICHARD DAWKINSWe 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.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
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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 would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
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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 often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
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Science is the poetry of reality.
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We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.
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Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that’s also the definition of delusion.
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Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don’t see you jumping out of buildings.
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The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable.
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It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
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Religion: Together we can find the cure.
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The less you think, the more you believe.
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Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
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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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