black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours.

Richard Dawkins

Religious faith, is a state of mind, that leads people to believe in something, it doesn’t matter what, without a whisper of doubt, or a whiff of evidence, and believe so strongly in some cases, that they are prepare to kill and die for it, without the need for further justification.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Believe Faith Justify People Religious
Faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Comparison Evil Faith Greatness Virus World
Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Arrogance Clarity Mistake One Liner
DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Dance DNA Music
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
RICHARD DAWKINS

People Religion True Wise
Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Evidence Prejudice Private Public replace Science
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.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Atheist Creation God Knowledge Science Seek Truth Understand
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 DAWKINS

Destroy Evolution Existence Past Quality
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Born Chance Generosity Science Selfish Understand Upset
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Belief Institution Passage Power Religion Time Truth
Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Atheist Freedom Happiness Live Proper
Science is the poetry of reality.
RICHARD DAWKINS

One Liner Poetry Reality Science
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.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Capable Evolution Existence Principle Selection Theory
Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Children Conclusion Consequence Different Faith Learning
It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Acceptance Ignorance Literature Mathematics Science
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.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Animal Evidence Evolution Force Science Survival

Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Richard Dawkins Quotes