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'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment.
Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
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Faith is powerful enough to immunize people against all appeals to pity, to forgiveness, to decent human feelings. It even immunizes them against fear, if they honestly believe that a martyr's death will send them straight to heaven.
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