Such delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.
RICHARD DAWKINSSuch delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.
RICHARD DAWKINSDo not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
RICHARD DAWKINSEven 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.
RICHARD DAWKINSIt would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
RICHARD DAWKINSIt is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable.
RICHARD DAWKINSI cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.
RICHARD DAWKINSUndisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
RICHARD DAWKINSMyths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.
RICHARD DAWKINSWhen one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.
RICHARD DAWKINSScientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
RICHARD DAWKINSI 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.
RICHARD DAWKINSScience is interesting, and if you don’t agree you can fuck off.
RICHARD DAWKINSMy objection to supernatural beliefs is precisely that they miserably fail to do justice to the sublime grandeur of the real world. They represent a narrowing-down from reality, an impoverishment of what the real world has to offer.
RICHARD DAWKINSA 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!
RICHARD DAWKINSWe admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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