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Epiphanies: Richard Dawkins.(IN BOX)(Brief article)

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[MY FAITH] didn't just drop away. I thought about it a lot and clung to it for a while. I went through a phase of disbelieving in the Jesus part of Christianity while remaining a kind of deist. The last vestige of clinging on disappeared when I was finally convinced that Darwinian evolution was an adequate explanation for the beauty and complexity of life.

RELIGION HAS BECOME accustomed to getting a free ride. If somebody has the temerity to offer even a mild criticism, it automatically sounds strident even if it isn't.

SCIENTISTS GAIN PRESTIGE from changing their minds, unlike, say, politicians, who get lambasted for flip-flopping. ...

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