Belief Quotes by Richard Dawkins

Human psychology has a near universal tendency to let belief be coloured by desire.

— Richard Dawkins

“We can give up belief in God while not losing touch with a treasured heritage.”

— Richard Dawkins

All religious beliefs seem weird to people not brought up in them.

— Richard Dawkins

False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.

— Richard Dawkins

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion.

— Richard Dawkins

There's no point of having faith if you have evidence.

— Richard Dawkins

Any belief in miracles is flat contradictory not just to the facts of science but to the spirit of science.

— Richard Dawkins

The fact that somebody does good doesn't make their beliefs true.

— Richard Dawkins

It has been convincingly demonstrated that countries where there are high rates of poverty, or high rates of economic inequality, are the…

— Richard Dawkins

If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work…

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“Pascal’s Wager could only ever be an argument for feigning belief in God. And the God that you claim to believe in…

— Richard Dawkins

Beliefs. Once entrenched in a culture, they persist, evolve and diverge, in a manner reminiscent of biological evolution.

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If children were taught to question and think through their beliefs, instead of being taught the superior virtue of faith without question,…

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“I don't give a damn for anybody's opinion, I only care about the facts. So I'm not an enthusiast for diversity of…

— Richard Dawkins

THE MAJORITY of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one…

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“Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in…

— Richard Dawkins

The patient typically finds himself impelled by some deep, inner conviction that something is true, or right, or virtuous: a conviction that…

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…the Genesis story is just one that happened to have been adopted by one particular tribe of Middle Eastern herders. It has…

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Are science and religion converging? No. There are modern scientists whose words sound religious but whose beliefs, on close examination, turn out…

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I think the important thing to learn is that we can retain a sentimental loyalty to the cultural and literary traditions of,…

— Richard Dawkins

My objection to supernatural beliefs is precisely that they miserably fail to do justice to the sublime grandeur of the real world.…

— Richard Dawkins

“We are talking about a bet, remember, and Pascal wasn't claiming that his wager enjoyed anything but very long odds. Would you…

— Richard Dawkins

There is something wrong with using faith - belief without evidence - as a political weapon. I wouldn't say there is something…

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Science shares with religion the claim that it answers deep questions about origins, the nature of life, and the cosmos. But there…

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I do believe that nice religious people make the world safe for extremists by teaching us [...] that faith is a virtue,…

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Religion is unusual among divisive labels in being spectacularly unnecessary. If religious beliefs had any evidence going for them, we might have…

— Richard Dawkins

Some sort of belief in all-powerful supernatural beings is common, if not universal. A tendency to obey authority, perhaps especially in children,…

— Richard Dawkins

A delusion that encourages belief where there is no evidence is asking for trouble. Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by…

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“There is something distinctly odd about the argument, however. Believing is not something you can decide to do as a matter of…

— Richard Dawkins

Religion and science have nothing to do with each other, they're about different things, science is about the way the world works…

— Richard Dawkins

Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.

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I great difficulty having any respect for a religion that has so little confidence in the truth of its beliefs that it…

— Richard Dawkins

I might respect you as a brilliant intellect, runner, musician or juggler. But respect your BELIEFS? Only if they're supported by evidence.

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I think what attracts me about the Electric Monk is that it's such an eloquent example of the futility of belief for…

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Again, it is belief without evidence. In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of…

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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

— Richard Dawkins

People who believe in something for which there is not a shred of evidence act on that belief and, above all, impose…

— Richard Dawkins