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> [Twentieth-century developments in science support a new animism. Developments in physics have led to a world of energetic events which seem to be self-moving and to behave in unpredictable ways. And recent studies in biology seem to demonstrate that bacteria…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ray-griffin/twentieth-century-developments-in-science-support-a-new-animism/)

[David Ray Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ray-griffin/)

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## Other authors on Animism

- [S. Kelley Harrell 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animism/s-kelley-harrell/)
- [Graham Harvey 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animism/graham-harvey/)

## More by David Ray Griffin

> [All the proffered evidence that America was attacked by Muslims on 9/11, when subjected to critical scrutiny, appears to have been fabricated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ray-griffin/all-the-proffered-evidence-that-america-was-attacked-by-muslims-on-9/)

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> [“Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ray-griffin/usama-bin-laden-has-died-a-peaceful-death-due-to-an-untreated-lung/)

[David Ray Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ray-griffin/)

> [Twentieth-century developments in science support a new animism. Developments in physics have led to a world of energetic events which seem to be self-moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ray-griffin/twentieth-century-developments-in-science-support-a-new-animism/)

[David Ray Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ray-griffin/)

> [Once the idea of a supernaturalistic creation is fully overcome, the idea returns that the universe must be self-organizing and therefore composed of self-moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ray-griffin/once-the-idea-of-a-supernaturalistic-creation-is-fully-overcome-the/)

[David Ray Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ray-griffin/)

> [“We refuse to let our knowledge, however limited, be informed by your ignorance, however vast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ray-griffin/we-refuse-to-let-our-knowledge-however-limited-be-informed-by-your/)

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> [“10. Both the North Tower and the South Tower collapsed just as their respective fires were dying down, even though this meant that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ray-griffin/10-both-the-north-tower-and-the-south-tower-collapsed-just-as-their/)

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