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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simpl

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. – 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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Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know. – Richard Dawkins

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That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. – Albert Einstein

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Base souls have no faith in great individuals. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove. – Dean Inge

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The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satans attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices. – Charles Stanley

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Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because its the only way they can get anything really finished. – Chuck Palahniuk

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