Richard Dawkins

Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#inspirational #truth #inspirational

Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#cats #atheist

Science is the poetry of reality. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#science #science

DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#life

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#genetics #science #science

Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#religion #inspirational

The truly adult view [...] is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#life #meaning #meaning-without-god #inspirational

Why, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious defence? One might have supposed him amply capable of looking after himself. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#religion #science #religion

When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#dying #death

Even if not a single fossil has ever been found, the evidence from surviving animals would still overwhelmingly force the conclusion that Darwin was right. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#science #science