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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

Richard Dawkins

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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Destroy Evolution Existence Past Quality
DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
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Dance DNA Music
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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Diversity Enthusiasm Fact Opinion Science
Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
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Atheist Belief Evidence Faith Result Science
The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.
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Beautiful Puzzle Solution
A god who is capable of sending intelligible signals to millions of people simultaneously, and of receiving messages from all of them simultaneously, cannot be, whatever else he might be, simple. Such Bandwidth!
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Atheist God Message People
I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.
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Argument
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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People Religion True Wise
Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.
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Evil Religion Root
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
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Belief Institution Passage Power Religion Time Truth
The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
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Amount Beyond Decent Natural Suffering World
The less you think, the more you believe.
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Believe Minimalism One Liner Thinking
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
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Alone Earth Rebel Selfish
Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.
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Against Childhood Crime Religion Satisfaction
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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Born Generosity Selfish
There’s real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.
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Poetry Real Reality

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