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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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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Poetry
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For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. – Richard Dawkins

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Time
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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. – Richard Dawkins

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I love Canada. Its a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land. – Yann Martel

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That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me. – Lynn Abbey

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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. – H. L. Mencken

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Faith is reason grown courageous. – Sherwood Eddy

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