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Steven Weinberg Quotes: I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.
         

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.


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With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.



A physicist friend of mine once said that in facing death, he drew some consolation from the reflection that he would never again have to look up the word "hermeneutics" in the dictionary.

A physicist friend of mine once said that in facing death, he drew some consolation from the reflection that he would never again have to look up the word "hermeneutics" in the dictionary.



It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose!

It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose!



Science doesn't make it impossible to believe in God, it just makes it possible not to believe in God

Science doesn't make it impossible to believe in God, it just makes it possible not to believe in God



All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically



Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization.

Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization.



This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition

This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition



The whole history of the last thousands of years has been a history of religious persecutions and wars, pogroms, jihads, crusades. I find it all very regrettable, to say the least.

The whole history of the last thousands of years has been a history of religious persecutions and wars, pogroms, jihads, crusades. I find it all very regrettable, to say the least.



If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern for us. To me it would seem impolite if not impious to bother such a God with our prayers.

If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern for us. To me it would seem impolite if not impious to bother such a God with our prayers.



For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.

For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.





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In god we trust.. everyone else will and shall be judged.. make peace with it

In god we trust.. everyone else will and shall be judged.. make peace with it



The thing for us to do is just to do our duty, and not worry about whether anybody sees us do it or not.

The thing for us to do is just to do our duty, and not worry about whether anybody sees us do it or not.



My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.

My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.



The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.



We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.



It's - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape that's excited by frequencies that you hit, digital was a process where musical sounds are transferred to numbers and stored as numbers.

It's - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape that's excited by frequencies that you hit, digital was a process where musical sounds are transferred to numbers and stored as numbers.



An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.

An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.



What we are seeing here is environmental injustice

What we are seeing here is environmental injustice



Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.

Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.




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