7 Quotes by Richard Dawkins about needs

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    Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know.

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    A God capable of continuously monitoring and controlling the individual status of every particle in the universe cannot be simple. His existence is going to need a mammoth explanation in its own right.

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    ... you need more than luck to navigate successfully through a thousand sieves in succession.

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    We don't need fossils - the case for evolution is watertight without them; so it is paradoxical to use gaps in the fossil record as though they were evidence against evolution

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    The universe is a strange and wondrous place. The truth is quite odd enough to need no help from pseudoscientific charlatans.

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    The story of Doubting Thomas is told, not so that we shall admire Thomas, but so that we can admire the other apostles in comparison. Thomas demanded evidence … The other apostles, whose faith was so strong that they did not need evidence, are held to us as worthy of imitation.

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    Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.

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