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Having a debate with a modern Christian is like punching a sponge.
Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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I don't shout people down. I argue people down, perhaps.
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I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where facts are concerned.
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That was unfortunate. I should have compared religion with religion and compared Islam not with Trinity College but with Jews, because the number of Jews who have won Nobel Prizes is phenomenally high.
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