“The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.”
— Richard Dawkins
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If children understand that beliefs should be
“If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.”
— Richard Dawkins
Author: Richard Dawkins
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Faith is the great cop-out, the great
“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
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God exists, if only in the form
“God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture.”
— Richard Dawkins
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I was confirmed at my prep school
“I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13.”
— Richard Dawkins
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If children understand that beliefs should be
“If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.”
— Richard Dawkins
Author: Richard Dawkins
Category: faith
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Segregation has no place in the education
“Segregation has no place in the education system.”
— Richard Dawkins
Author: Richard Dawkins
Category: education
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