Quote by Richard Dawkins
The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is

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

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Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, wheres the harm? September 11th changed all that. – Richard Dawkins

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Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news. – Richard Dawkins

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Science
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It has become almost a cliche 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

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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. – Oscar Wilde

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In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry. – Danielle Steel

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The older Ive got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry. – Reynolds Price

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Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science. – Georges Seurat

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Ridiculous stuff happens when I travel. – Rebecca Lobo

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Opposites may attract, but I wouldnt put my money on a relationship of financial opposites. – Suze Orman

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Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm. – Terry Eagleton

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Strange, is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passd the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the Road Which to discover we must travel too. – Edward Fitzgerald

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