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Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution i...more

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All life, all intelligence, all creativity and all 'design' anywhere in the universe, is the direct or indirect product of Darwinian natural selection...more

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If you were to actually travel around schools and universities and listen in on lectures about evolution, you might find a fairly substantial fraction...more

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Evolution by natural selection is the explanation for why we exist. It is not something to guide our lives in our own society. If we were to be guided...more

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Either blasphemy is a victimless crime or its victim is powerful enough to take care of himself without any help from you.

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Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, w...more

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The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.

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So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak sense of Pascal's wager. ...more

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If you're an atheist, you know, you believe, this is the only life you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life. Its something we ...more

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Science has taught us, against all intuition, that apparently solid things like crystals and rocks are really almost entirely composed of empty space....more

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Evolution by natural selection is the explanation for why we exist. It is not something to guide our lives in our own society. If we were to be guided...more

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Science - or the products of science like technology - is just a way of achieving something real, something that happens, something that works.

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It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, b...more

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We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

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I am passionate about the truth. Passion is very different from fundamentalism.