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We are children of chaos, and the deep structure of change is decay. At root, there is only corrupti...

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[Religious belief is] outmoded and ridiculous. [Belief in gods was a] worn out but once useful crutc...

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It is not possible to be intellectually honest and believe in gods. And it is not possible to believ...

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[Religion is] a fantasy [and is] completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil.

[Religious belief is] outmoded and ridiculous. [Belief in gods was a] worn out but once useful crutc...

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Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look a...

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The challenge of elucidating living processes -- including consciousness and all its baggage which w...

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Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look a...

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Well it's fairly straightforward: there isn't one [a god]. And there's no evidence for one, no reaso...

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My aim is to argue that the universe can come into existence without intervention, and that there is...

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I regard teaching religion as purveying lies.

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Peter Atkins

Chemist

Born: 1940-08-10

Died: N/A

Peter William Atkins (born 10 August 1940) is an English chemist and former Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lincoln College. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics.More