“The world holds two classes of men; intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.” Quote by Al-Maʿarri
“Hey, let's get serious... God knows what he's doin' He wrote this book here And the book says: 'He made us all to be just like Him', So... If we're dumb... Then God is dumb... (And maybe even a little ugly on the side)” IfsKnowsLittlesMadeBookReligionSidesAtheismSeriousUglyHeyDumbGod Knows Author:Frank Zappa
“Having a debate with a modern Christian is like punching a sponge.” ChristianReligionModernDebateSpongesPunching Author:Richard Dawkins
“I great difficulty having any respect for a religion that has so little confidence in the truth of its beliefs that it feels reduced to using threats in order to propagate those beliefs.” FeelsLittlesReligionOrderBeliefDifficultyThreat Author:Richard Dawkins
“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.” IfsThinkingWayGivingChildrenHas BeensSaidI CanReligionTurnsReligiousDealsTeachingTaughtGiving UpSuspectsRealisingBiblicalLiteracyComparative ReligionReligious Education Author:Richard Dawkins
“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.” IfsChristianReligionInterestingBehindsInfluenceThirdsCatholicAtheistDividesContrastBaptistsDenominations 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.” IfsBelieveHas BeensImportantDifferentHelpingStoriesMovingReligionBitsParentBornDoubtHappenedBirthAtheistConvictionAccidentsNo DoubtGrandparentSoarContradictoryDifferent PlaceStirringCathedralsVariablesParablesParents And Grandparents Author:Richard Dawkins
“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 BeensCountryReligionBeliefReligiousPovertyEconomicHighestRateInequalityReligious BeliefEconomic 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.” ThinkingWayIdeasLawReligionUniverseProcessSinDesignCapableForgivingCreatorIntellectPhysicsDisgustingBetter WaysInventingLaws Of Physics Author:Richard Dawkins
“Luke [the gospel writer] screws up his dating by tactlessly mentioning events that historians are capable of independently checking. There was indeed a census under Governor Quirinius - a local census, not one decreed by Caesar Augustus for the Empire as a whole - but it happened too late in 6 AD, long after Herod's death.” LongWholeReligionHappenedEventsLateCapableDatingLocalsToo LateEmpiresHistorianAdsGovernorsScrewsLukeScrew UpsAugustusCensusHerodAugustus Caesar Author:Richard Dawkins