My personal feeling is that understanding evolution led me to atheism.

Richard Dawkins
389 citations
My personal feeling is that understanding evolution led me to atheism.
Life
22

More Author Quotes

Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not. ✨ Richard Dawkins (1995). River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life, Basic Books (AZ)
Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2008). The God Delusion, p.40, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Most of what we strive for in our modern life uses the apparatus of goal seeking that was originally set up to seek goals in the state of nature. ✨ Darwin's Dangerous Disciple. Interview with Fr … ▶
I doubt that religion can survive deep understanding. The shallows are its natural habitat. Cranks and fundamentalists are too often victimised as scapegoats for religion in general. It is only quite … ▶
Evolution is fundamentally hostile to religion.

Most Cited Authors

27

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

27

Curated Author Quotes

82 Unforgettable 🦇 Batman Quotes