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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There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you cant prove that there arent any, so shouldnt we be agnostic with respect to fairies? – 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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It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. – Helen Keller

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In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science. – Johan Huizinga

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No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. – Annie Besant

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The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it. – Minna Antrim

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Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language. – Marshall McLuhan

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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Consider this: I can go to Antarctica and get cash from an ATM without a glitch, but should I fall ill during my travels, a hospital there could not access my medical records or know what medications I am on. – Nathan Deal

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A good artist is willing to die many times over. Whats funny is, Ive died so many times. – Billy Corgan

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