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Richard Dawkins Quotes

Richard Dawkins quotes

English Scientist, Writer March 26, 1941

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Why, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferociousdefence? One might have supposed him amply capable of lookingafter himself. Richard Dawkins
A 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 Dawkins
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
...there are no natural borderlines in evolution. The illusion of a borderline is created by the fact that the evolutionary intermediates happen to be extinct. Richard Dawkins
The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture. Richard Dawkins
Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility. As for whether they are ‘valid,’ let them make up their own minds when they are old enough to do so. Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins quote: "We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the..."
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators. Richard Dawkins
By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.-this quote is actually found in Carl Sagan's book The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, where he attributes it to engineer James Oberg, who says he stole it from someone else. Richard Dawkins
The question of whether there exists a supernatural creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think that it is a scientific question. My answer is no. Richard Dawkins
We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space. Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins quote: "The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it..."
The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside. Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins quote: "Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable..."
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. Richard Dawkins
A tiger's DNA is also a 'duplicate me' program but it contains an almost fantastically large digression as an essential part of the efficient execution of its fundamental message. That digression is a tiger, complete with fangs, claws, running muscles, stalking and pouncing instincts. The tiger's DNA says, 'Duplicate me by the round-about route of building a tiger first.' At the same time, antelope DNA says, 'Duplicate me by the round-about route of building an antelope first, complete... Richard Dawkins
Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private 'revelation'. Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins quote: "We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has..."
We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Richard Dawkins

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