"The last 100 years of research into the……" — Steven Pinker

"The last 100 years of research into the human brain...sees the brain as an organ that works by physical principles just like the other organs in the body...our emotions and higher callings, such as religion, as well as our grubby low-level physical systems like stereo vision and motor control, are products of a machine..."

— Steven Pinker

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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
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