Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by... →
Paul Davies
I've lost my faith in science.
Bette Davis
I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where... →
Hope Davis
Texas governor Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has come out slugging in her glittering leopard-print jacket against what she sees as the unfair... →
Patti Davis
Religion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness.
Richard Dawkins
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of... →
If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will... →
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
Many people want to send their children to faith schools because they get good exam results, but they're not foolish enough to believe that... →
At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.