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Quote by Richard Dawkins
If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with e

If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists. – 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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Religion
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But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience. – Richard Dawkins

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Experience
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Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. – Richard Dawkins

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If you listed all the reasons for your faith, and all the things that make you cry, it would be essentially the same list. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His cant be wrong whose life is in the right. – Alexander Pope

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Faith

Technology is nothing. Whats important is that you have a faith in people, that theyre basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, theyll do wonderful things with them. – Steve Jobs

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Its not a faith in technology. Its faith in people. – Steve Jobs

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Faith

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Ask five economists and youll get five different answers – six if one went to Harvard. – Edgar R. Fiedler

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