We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
RICHARD DAWKINSFaith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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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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Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.
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Myths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.
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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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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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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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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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Our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.
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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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Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don’t see you jumping out of buildings.
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Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
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Science is interesting, and if you don’t agree you can fuck off.
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The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.
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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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Even those who do not, or cannot, avail themselves of a scientific education, choose to benefit from the technology that is made possible by the scientific education of others.
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