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If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74% of U.K. Christians are illiberal, too. (Richard Dawkins)
My personal feeling is that understanding evolution led me to atheism. View quote
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All the great religions have a place for awe, for ecstatic transport at the wonder and beauty of creation. View quote
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I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked. View quote
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I do understand people when they say that you destroy the magic of childhood if you encourage too much skeptical questioning. View quote
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I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine. View quote
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If Bush and Blair are eventually put on trial for war crimes, I shall not be among those pressing for them to be hanged. View quote
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I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13. View quote
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My interest in biology was pretty much always on the philosophical side. View quote
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I get the feeling more and more that religion is being left behind. View quote
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I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special. (Richard Dawkins)
When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine. View quote
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In Britain, you don't usually learn about evolution until you are about 15. I should have thought that you should start at about 8. But I could be wrong about that. View quote
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The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. View quote
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I would like to find a way in which people in Saudi Arabia could learn that they can be something other than a Muslim. Some people may not realize this. Of course, there is the problem that you can get in trouble or get stoned. View quote
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The very idea that we get a moral compass from religion is horrible. Not only should we not get our moral compass from religion, as a matter of fact we don't. View quote
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My thoughts, my beliefs, my feelings are all in my brain. My brain is going to rot. View quote
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I have often said that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to explaining why we exist. View quote
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I don't know what to think about magic and fairy tales. View quote
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People like to trace their ancestry. View quote
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I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs. (Richard Dawkins)
Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. View quote
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I love romantic poetry. View quote
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We are a very, very unusual species. View quote
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It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. View quote
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