Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
RICHARD DAWKINSIf 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.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Myths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.
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In the beginning was simplicity.
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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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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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Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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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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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
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The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
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Science is the poetry of reality.
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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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Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.
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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.
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Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front.
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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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