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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth th

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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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. – 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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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. – Charles Babbage

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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. – Saint Teresa of Avila

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All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them. – Simone de Beauvoir

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Dont let your will roar when your power only whispers. – Thomas Fuller

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