We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
RICHARD DAWKINSSuch delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.
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Why, I can’t help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious defence? One might have supposed him amply capable of looking after himself.
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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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Unfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop being true.
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We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
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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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Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
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Religion: Together we can find the cure.
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Even if not a single fossil has ever been found, the evidence from surviving animals would still overwhelmingly force the conclusion that Darwin was right.
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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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Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility.
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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.
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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 universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
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