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To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used.

~Richard Dawkins

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I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.

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Every night of our lives, we dream, and our brain concocts visions which are, at least until we wake up, highly convincing. Most of us have had experiences which are verging on hallucination. It shows the power of the brain to knock up illusions.

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We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

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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.

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The very idea of supernatural magic - including miracles - is incoherent, devoid of sensible meaning.

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If there is a God, it's going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.

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My thoughts, my beliefs, my feelings are all in my brain. My brain is going to rot.

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The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

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People believe the only alternative to randomness is intelligent design.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Scientist

Born: March 26th, 1941

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