Richard Dawkins Quotes About Dying
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There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out.
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The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all species are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.
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Religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its pride and joy, shouted from the rooftops.
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...it is a telling fact that, the world over, the vast majority of children follow the religion of their parents rather than any of the other available religions.
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Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
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When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
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