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> [We who cherish science should be careful to distinguish when we are doing science and when we are extrapolating from it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/we-who-cherish-science-should-be-careful-to-distinguish-when-we-are/)

[Michael Ruse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ruse/)

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## More by Michael Ruse

> [Being a philosophical naturalist does not mean that one thinks that science can provide all of the answers. That is scientism and that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/being-a-philosophical-naturalist-does-not-mean-that-one-thinks-that/)

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> [“The definition of a philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat, which isn’t really there. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/the-definition-of-a-philosopher-is-a-blind-man-in-a-dark-room-looking/)

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> [In particular, I argue that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to a crisis of faith-rival stories of origins, rival…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/in-particular-i-argue-that-in-both-evolution-and-creation-we-have/)

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> [ “Fifth, I think that you \[Daniel Dennett\] and Richard are absolute disasters in the fight against intelligent design — we are losing this battle,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/fifth-i-think-that-you-daniel-dennett-and-richard-are-absolute/)

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> [In other words, science tells us that Adam and Eve are fictions. That Saint Paul or Uncle Tom Cobley and all thought otherwise is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/in-other-words-science-tells-us-that-adam-and-eve-are-fictions-that/)

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> [ Their \[the new atheists\] treatment of the religious viewpoint is pathetic to the point of non-being. Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion would fail… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/their-the-new-atheists-treatment-of-the-religious-viewpoint-is/)

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> [...I really want to believe. I find the goodies offered by Christianity extremely attractive. But I am damned (again!) if I am going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/i-really-want-to-believe-i-find-the-goodies-offered-by-christianity/)

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> [Morality is a biological adaptation no less than are hands and feet and teeth... Considered as a rationally justifiable set of claims about an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/morality-is-a-biological-adaptation-no-less-than-are-hands-and-feet/)

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> [Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science. Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion - a full-fledged alternative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/evolution-is-promoted-by-its-practitioners-as-more-than-mere-science/)

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> [“I mean, I think even God would agree with this at this point. God’s existence isn’t important. It’s what we do with what we’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/i-mean-i-think-even-god-would-agree-with-this-at-this-point-god-s/)

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> [We who cherish science should be careful to distinguish when we are doing science and when we are extrapolating from it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/we-who-cherish-science-should-be-careful-to-distinguish-when-we-are/)

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> [The God Delusion makes me embarrassed to be an atheist, and the McGraths show why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/the-god-delusion-makes-me-embarrassed-to-be-an-atheist-and-the/)

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> [Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ruse/evolution-is-a-religion-this-was-true-of-evolution-in-the-beginning/)

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