You can't imagine how gratifying it is to have a reader come up to you and say, 'You changed my life.' Richard Dawkins More Quotes by Richard Dawkins More Quotes From Richard Dawkins It is a virtue to admit ignorance when you don't know, but not to wallow in ignorance as an end in itself. Richard Dawkins ignorance believe people I think what attracts me about the Electric Monk is that it's such an eloquent example of the futility of belief for belief's sake. I mean there's only any point in believing something if it's true. Richard Dawkins mean believe thinking Cloning may be good and it may be bad. Probably it's a bit of both. The question must not be greeted with reflex hysteria but decided quietly, soberly and on its own merits. We need less emotion and more thought. Richard Dawkins cloning hysteria needs Even if it were true that evolution, or the teaching of evolution, encouraged immorality that would not imply that the theory of evolution was false. Richard Dawkins immorality theory-of-evolution teaching People really, really hate their religion being criticized. It's as though you've said they had an ugly face; they seem to identify personally with it. Richard Dawkins ugly hate people Two religions cannot both be right, because they contradict each other, yet they can both be wrong. Richard Dawkins two-religions two religion Molecular genetics can show off some surprising relationships like, for example, the close relationship of whales to hippopotamuses, which I think nobody ever guessed until molecular data was looked at. The closest relatives of whales are hippopotamuses, even closer than any other cloven-hoofed animals. Richard Dawkins whales animal thinking People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. This mistaken view may have motivated the "millionaire Conservative party donors". I have even heard the cynically misanthropic opinion that, without the Bible as a moral compass, people would have no restraint against murder, theft and mayhem. The surest way to disabuse yourself of this pernicious falsehood is to read the Bible itself. Richard Dawkins party views thinking Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration to moral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually written in it? Richard Dawkins moral inspiration people It is interesting to ask whether there's any general reason why being religious might make you do nice things or indeed nasty things. It's possible that people do nice things because they're religious. One reason might be they're hoping for a reward in Heaven, which is not a very noble reason. Richard Dawkins nice religious people Certainly science should continue to see whether we can find evidence for multiverses that might explain why our own universe seems to be so finely tuned. Richard Dawkins evidence should might Atheists sometimes come across as a bit arrogant in this regard, and characterizing faith as something only an idiot would attach themselves to. Richard Dawkins arrogant idiot atheist I think a fundamentalist is somebody who believes something unshakably and isn't going to change their mind. Richard Dawkins mind believe thinking I do disapprove very strongly of labelling children, especially young children, as something like 'Catholic children' or 'Protestant children' or 'Islamic children.' Richard Dawkins islamic catholic children Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window. Richard Dawkins gravity doubt window Blindness to suffering is an inherent consequence of natural selection. Nature is neither kind nor cruel but indifferent. Richard Dawkins atheism kind suffering It can be consoling to think your children are in heaven. You have got to understand that that doesn't make it true. Many people cannot understand that distinction. Richard Dawkins children people thinking Religion is unusual among divisive labels in being spectacularly unnecessary. If religious beliefs had any evidence going for them, we might have to respect them in spite of their concomitant unpleasantness. But there is no such evidence. To label people as death-deserving enemies because of disagreements about real world politics is bad enough. To do the same for disagreements about a delusional world inhabited by archangels, demons and imaginary friends is ludicrously tragic. Richard Dawkins real religious people If you are in the camp I am, one place where science and faith could touch each other is in the investigation of supposedly miraculous events. Richard Dawkins investigation camps events I had always been scrupulously careful to avoid the smallest suggestion of infant indoctrination, which I think is ultimately responsible for much of the evil in the world. Others, less close to her, showed no such scruples, which upset me, as I very much wanted her, as I want all children, to make up her own mind freely when she became old enough to do so. I would encourage her to think, without telling her what to think. Richard Dawkins evil children thinking
