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
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. – Richard Dawkins
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
By all means lets be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. – Richard Dawkins
Ive always believed in God. I also think thats the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when youre in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement. – Stephen King