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I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially to the extent to which it has been ap...

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Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely to be more durable th...

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I have spoken of Jonah, and of the story of him and the whale. — A fit story for ridicule, if it was...

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When also I am told that a woman, called the Virgin Mary, said, or gave out, that she was with child...

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In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great har...

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William Kingdon CliffordThe Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

deluded or not, supporters of superstition and pseudoscience are human beings with real feelings, wh...

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Carl SaganThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

We have known for a long time that Prince Charles' empty sails are so rigged as to be swelled by any...

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So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the ha...

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A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly — better than always doubting and doubtin...

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In our day everyone wants to appear intelligent, one would prefer to be accused of crime than of nai...

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Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will...

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