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> [“There are no grounds for going beyond a scientific explanation of reality and no sound reason for believing anything but our sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/there-are-no-grounds-for-going-beyond-a-scientific-explanation-of/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

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> [“It’s absurd that having started writing rules at fifteen, I should still be writing them at thirty, without having trusted in, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/it-s-absurd-that-having-started-writing-rules-at-fifteen-i-should/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [If it is to be established that there is a God, then we have to have good grounds for believing that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-flew/if-it-is-to-be-established-that-there-is-a-god-then-we-have-to-have/)

[Antony Flew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-flew/)

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> [There is no reason for believing that any sort of gods exist, and quite good reasons for believing that they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/there-is-no-reason-for-believing-that-any-sort-of-gods-exist-and/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [There can't be a practical reason for believing something that is not true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-can-t-be-a-practical-reason-for-believing-something-that-is-not/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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