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Steven Weinberg Quotes: The more we refine our understanding of God to make the concept plausible, the more it seems pointless.
         

The more we refine our understanding of God to make the concept plausible, the more it seems pointless.


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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



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.



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.





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Whether we know it or not, our lives are acts of imagination and the world is continually re-imagined through us.

Whether we know it or not, our lives are acts of imagination and the world is continually re-imagined through us.




Rest fixed most things. Sleep was my sweet reward. I treated bedtime as both incentive and sacrament.

Rest fixed most things. Sleep was my sweet reward. I treated bedtime as both incentive and sacrament.



Who would have imagined a creature that has lived thousands of years would find itself short of time.

Who would have imagined a creature that has lived thousands of years would find itself short of time.



And even when success comes, as I am sure it will, bear in mind that there are more quiet and enviable joys than to be among the most sought after women at a ball.

And even when success comes, as I am sure it will, bear in mind that there are more quiet and enviable joys than to be among the most sought after women at a ball.



With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head.

With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head.



I don't engage in brainwashing, I don't dictate forms of lifestyle, I don't perform mass marriages or even singular marriages. I don't tell people what to believe.

I don't engage in brainwashing, I don't dictate forms of lifestyle, I don't perform mass marriages or even singular marriages. I don't tell people what to believe.



Vengeance is a personal reaction. But not one that government can indulge in.

Vengeance is a personal reaction. But not one that government can indulge in.



The value of being connected and transparent is so high that the roadbumps of privacy issues are much lower in actual experience than people's fears.

The value of being connected and transparent is so high that the roadbumps of privacy issues are much lower in actual experience than people's fears.




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