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Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you."

Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion."

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion.




Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don't see you jumping out of buildings."

Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don't see you jumping out of buildings.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "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."

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 Dawkins Quotes: "The less you think, the more you believe."

The less you think, the more you believe.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one."

How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference."

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.




Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Science is the poetry of reality."

Science is the poetry of reality.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Don't ask God to cure cancer and world poverty. He's too busy finding you a parking space and fixing the weather for your barbecue."

Don't ask God to cure cancer and world poverty. He's too busy finding you a parking space and fixing the weather for your barbecue.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence."

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun."

Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."

By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of education, which likely extends to other fields as well."

Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of education, which likely extends to other fields as well.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment."

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality."

The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "If there is a God, it's going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed."

If there is a God, it's going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Religion: Together we can find the cure."

Religion: Together we can find the cure.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one."

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Of course you can have an opinion about Islam without having read Qur'an. You don't have to read Mein Kampf to have an opinion about Nazism."

Of course you can have an opinion about Islam without having read Qur'an. You don't have to read Mein Kampf to have an opinion about Nazism.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "I detest 'Jingle Bells,' 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,' and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not just December, but November and much of October, too."

I detest 'Jingle Bells,' 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,' and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not just December, but November and much of October, too.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe."

The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where facts are concerned."

I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where facts are concerned.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism."

Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate."

Faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not."

Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality, that's just sucking up."

Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality, that's just sucking up.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish."

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong."

Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem."

I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Science has eradicated smallpox, can immunise against most previously deadly viruses, can kill most previously deadly bacteria. Theology has done nothing but talk of pestilence as the wages of sin."

Science has eradicated smallpox, can immunise against most previously deadly viruses, can kill most previously deadly bacteria. Theology has done nothing but talk of pestilence as the wages of sin.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it."

Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise."

It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "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"

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



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria."

For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "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 (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that)."

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 (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that).



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "We who are atheists are also a-fairyists, a-teapotists, and a-unicornists, but we don't have to bother saying so."

We who are atheists are also a-fairyists, a-teapotists, and a-unicornists, but we don't have to bother saying so.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous."

If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "I think what I'd really like to see would be a mass consciousness-raising movement so that we would all become vegetarian."

I think what I'd really like to see would be a mass consciousness-raising movement so that we would all become vegetarian.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous."

The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Organizing atheists is a bit like herding cats; They are on the whole too intelligent and independent minded to lend themselves to being herded."

Organizing atheists is a bit like herding cats; They are on the whole too intelligent and independent minded to lend themselves to being herded.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Faith is an evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument."

Faith is an evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Any belief in miracles is flat contradictory not just to the facts of science but to the spirit of science."

Any belief in miracles is flat contradictory not just to the facts of science but to the spirit of science.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "You believe that all humanity came from Adam and Eve, and humans have not evolved at all since. So tell me; between the two of them, which was black, which was white, and which was Asian?"

You believe that all humanity came from Adam and Eve, and humans have not evolved at all since. So tell me; between the two of them, which was black, which was white, and which was Asian?



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "Presumably what happened to Jesus was what happens to all of us when we die. We decompose. Accounts of Jesus's resurrection and ascension are about as well-documented as Jack and the Beanstalk."

Presumably what happened to Jesus was what happens to all of us when we die. We decompose. Accounts of Jesus's resurrection and ascension are about as well-documented as Jack and the Beanstalk.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it."

If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.



Richard Dawkins Quotes: "We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes."

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.