I live in a post-Christian world in Oxford; it is quite rare to meet somebody who is religious in academic life now, and there is absolutely no tendency for rioting and mayhem, and it is extremely civilised. Richard Dawkins absolutelyacademicchristian share on social
I'm not much given to straight, irony-free hero-worship. Richard Dawkins freeheroirony Change image and share on social
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. Richard Dawkins blindbottomdesign Change image and share on social
Genome sequencing has changed taxonomy. Richard Dawkins changegenomesequence Change image and share on social
It's a difficult business, finding out what's true about the world, the universe. Richard Dawkins businessdifficultfind Change image and share on social
All the fossils that we have ever found have always been found in the appropriate place in the time sequence. There are no fossils in the wrong place. Richard Dawkins findfossilplace Change image and share on social
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. Richard Dawkins 11thbeliefchange Change image and share on social
We have a huge amount of DNA in common with jellyfish. Richard Dawkins amountcommondna Change image and share on social
It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than to come down to Earth in his alter ego as his son and have himself hideously tortured and executed so that he could forgive himself. Richard Dawkins alterearthego share on social
