Quote by Richard Dawkins
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

Other quotes by Richard Dawkins

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. – Richard Dawkins

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Computers
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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. – Richard Dawkins

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Faith
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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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Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. – William Cobbett

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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a mans reasoning powers. – Bernard Baruch

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power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James

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power

The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power. – John Podhoretz

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power

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Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better. – Michelle Malkin

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