“At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.”
Faith
“The question of whether there exists a supernatural creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think that it is a scientific question. My answer is no.”
GodAll Quotes by Richard Dawkins
“I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance.”
Science“We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space.”
Technology“Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.”
Nature“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.”
Science“Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.”
Computers“There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?”
Respect“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.”
Poetry“I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.”
Christmas“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.”
Religion“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.”
Faith“Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.”
Science“It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.”
Religion“Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.”
Peace“The question of whether there exists a supernatural creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think that it is a scientific question. My answer is no.”
God“When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine.”
Beauty“Segregation has no place in the education system.”
Education“I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.”
History“By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.”
Funny“One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all.”
Religion