Richard Dawkins

Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically…

I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just…

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of…

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in…

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but…

Segregation has no place in the education system…

When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn’t put too much…

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and…

The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially…

I love romantic poetry…

I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13…

God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or…

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder…

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think…

One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to…