I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda. Richard Dawkins agendumfearmisuse Change image and share on social
If we are too friendly to nice, decent bishops, we run the risk of buying into the fiction that there's something virtuous about believing things because of faith rather than because of evidence. We run the risk of betraying scientific enlightenment. Richard Dawkins believebetraybishop share on social
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. Richard Dawkins religionsatisfyteach Change image and share on social
If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74% of U.K. Christians are illiberal, too. Richard Dawkins christianilliberalinfluence Change image and share on social
The world is well supplied with spiders whose male ancestors died after mating. The world is bereft of spiders whose would-be ancestors never mated in the first place. Richard Dawkins ancestorbereavedie Change image and share on social
I think looking back to my own childhood, the fact that so many of the stories I read allowed the possibility of frogs turning into princes, whether that has a sort of insidious affect on rationality, I'm not sure. Perhaps it's something for research. Richard Dawkins affectallowback share on social
I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs. Richard Dawkins abolishbeliefinculcate Change image and share on social
George Bush is a catastrophe for the world. And a dream for Bin Laden. Richard Dawkins binbushcatastrophe Change image and share on social
A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory. Richard Dawkins basicbindbiology share on social
For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. Richard Dawkins ancestorbacteriumcell Change image and share on social