You can't understand European history at all other than through religion, or English literature either if you can't recognise biblical... →
Richard Dawkins
We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.
To an honest judge, the alleged marriage between religion and science is a shallow, empty, spin-doctored sham.
To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are... →
Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in... →
If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74% of U.K. Christians are... →
It is immoral to brand children with religion. 'This is a Catholic child.' 'That is a Muslim child.' I want everyone to flinch when... →
The very idea that we get a moral compass from religion is horrible. Not only should we not get our moral compass from religion, as a matter of fact... →
It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It's a sort of crime against childhood.