“Segregation has no place in the education system.”
Education
“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.”
FaithAll Quotes by Richard Dawkins
“Evolution never looks to the future.”
Future“The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.”
Design“At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.”
Faith“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“The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.”
Science“Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.”
Power“Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.”
Peace“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“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“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.”
Religion“It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.”
Religion“Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.”
Religion“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.”
Faith“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“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“I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13.”
Age“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'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.”
History