If 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.
RICHARD DAWKINSWe are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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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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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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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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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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Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.
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Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
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American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
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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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I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits.
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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.
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Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program.
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Sometimes in life it is a good idea to stop, sometimes it is a good idea to go on. The trick is to decide when to stop.
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Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
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The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
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