When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
RICHARD DAWKINSWhen I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
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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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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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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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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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The less you think, the more you believe.
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Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
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Religion: Together we can find the cure.
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I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.
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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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Unfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop being true.
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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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The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.
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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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You can make some inferences about a man’s character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.
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