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“I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.”

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Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie, born on November 25, 1835, and died on August 11, 1919, was a renowned business magnate. He rose from a common employee in a railway company to become a leading figure in the steel industry. Carnegie achieved great success in business, but he is also known for his charitable endeavors, donating a substantial amount of money to education, libraries, and public welfare. more

“I think there in a great deal to be said for religious education in the sense of teaching about religion and biblical literacy. Both those things, by the way, I suspect will prepare a child to give up religion. If you are taught comparative religion, you are more likely to realise that there are other religions than the one you have been brought up in. And if you are if you are taught to read the bible, I can think of almost nothing more calculated to turn you off religion.”

“If you divide Christians into denominations, agnostics and atheists come in third, behind Catholics and Baptists. That's interesting when you contrast it with the lack of influence of nonbelievers.”

Ifs Christian Religion Interesting Behinds Influence Thirds Catholic Atheist Divides Contrast Baptists Denominations

Author:Richard Dawkins

“If you have a faith, it is statistically overwhelmingly likely that it is the same faith as your parents and grandparents had. No doubt soaring cathedrals, stirring music, moving stories and parables, help a bit. But by far the most important variable determining your religion is the accident of birth. The convictions that you so passionately believe would have been a completely different, and largely contradictory, set of convictions, if only you had happened to be born in a different place.”

“It has been convincingly demonstrated that countries where there are high rates of poverty, or high rates of economic inequality, are the countries with the highest rates of religious beliefs.”

Has Beens Country Religion Belief Religious Poverty Economic Highest Rate Inequality Religious Belief Economic Inequality

Author:Richard Dawkins

“It's a truly disgusting idea that the creator of the universe - capable of inventing the laws of physics and designing the evolutionary process - that this protégé of supernatural intellect couldn't think of a better way to forgive our sins than to have himself tortured to death.”

Thinking Way Ideas Law Religion Universe Process Sin Design Capable Forgiving Creator Intellect Physics Disgusting Better Ways Inventing Laws Of Physics

Author:Richard Dawkins

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