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The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science.
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People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.
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Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest in the…
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As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He forgot…
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Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed at building…
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Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning.
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The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive idea).
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Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost much, but…
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Scientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.
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Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from skepticism to…
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Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.
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The actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I was born…
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If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or…
— Beau Brummell
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Just watch. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I'm…
— Mark Cuban
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Ordinary [people] avoid troubles. Extraordinary [people] turn them into advantage.
— Unknown Author
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The challenge for UNFPA is to help countries as we always have with no agenda of our own; with sensitivity towards unique…
— Thoraya Obaid
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Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.
— Margaret Thatcher
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We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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Somewhere a bicycle bell rings. Somewhere else there's a war on. Somewhere else people turn to shadows and powder in an instant…
— Tim Winton
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The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy…
— Gavyn Davies
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As people turn to contraception, there will be a rise, not a fall, in the abortion rate.
— Malcolm Potts
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People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.
— Laozi
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Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.
— Walter Lang
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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
— Bob Goff
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