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I would challenge the statement that my scientific instincts are any less rigorous than [Richard Dawkins]. The difference is that my presumption of the possibility of God and therefore the supernatural is not zero, and yours is.

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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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