Quote by Richard Dawkins
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack a

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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A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory. – Richard Dawkins

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Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but thats because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection. – Richard Dawkins

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I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance. – Christopher Marlowe

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Even if it were proven that God didnt exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine. – Charles Baudelaire

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Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. – Charles Caleb Colton

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I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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