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“I regard teaching religion as purveying lies.”

Quote by Peter Atkins

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Peter Atkins is a renowned chemist, born on August 10, 1940. He has conducted extensive research in the field of chemistry, particularly in physical chemistry and theoretical chemistry. Atkins is known for his profound understanding of chemical bonding and reaction dynamics. more

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“Well it's fairly straightforward: there isn't one [a god]. And there's no evidence for one, no reason to believe that there is one, and so I don't believe that there is one. And I think that it is rather foolish that people do think that there is one.”

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“My aim is to argue that the universe can come into existence without intervention, and that there is no need to invoke the idea of a Supreme Being in one of its numerous manifestations.”

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“The challenge of elucidating living processes -- including consciousness and all its baggage which we bundle together as 'the human spirit' -- is only one example of a challenge where hard work is paying off and science does not need to accept the false explanations peddled by religions.”

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“Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that it inspires as overwhelmingly the better mode of understanding the world, and would doubtless scorn religion as sentimental wishful thinking. Would not that same uncluttered mind also see the attempts to reconcile science and religion by disparaging the reduction of the complex to the simple as attempts guided by muddle-headed sentiment and intellectually dishonest emotion?”

“The emergence of consciousness, like the unfolding of a leaf, relies upon restraint.”

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“Any argument that asserts that 'God did it' is a sign of a lazy mind.”

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“Truth is not arrived at by majority vote.”

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“Science is almost totally incompatible with religion.”

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“I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they're passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually.”

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“A man, as a man, could arrive at all the dignity that a man was capable of obtaining or receiving; but it needed a God to raise him to the dignity of a God.”

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Book:An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

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