Nov. 6th, 2006

Intresting

Nov. 6th, 2006 01:52 pm
valkyrieza: (Dark Phoenix)
Physicist and Nobel prizewinner Stephen Weinberg describes religion as an insult to human dignity. 'Without it,' he says, 'you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion.

Courtesy of: http://richarddawkins.net/search,ALL,page4,n,Video,n,n
valkyrieza: (Weir atlantis)
Richard Dawkins' letter to his then 10 year old daughter, the last paragraph.

"What can we do about all of this? It's not easy for you to do anything because you are only 10. But you could try this. Next time somebody tells you something that sounds important, think to yourself, 'Is this the kind of thing that people probably know because of evidence or is it the kind of thing that people only believe because of tradition, authority or revelation?' And next time somebody tells you that something is true, why not say to them, 'What kind of evidence is there for that?' And if they can't give you a good answer, I hope you'll think very carefully before you believe a word they say. Your loving Daddy."

source: http://richarddawkins.net/search,ALL,page5,n,Video,n,n

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