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it is interesting to find that people of faith now seek defensively to say that they are no worse than fascists or Nazis or Stalinists
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it is interesting to find that people of faith now seek defensively to say that they are no worse than fascists or Nazis or Stalinists
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“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
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“[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.”
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“Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.”
“To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.”
“And here is the point, about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary...”