Tag Archives: Richard Dawkins

Sadomasochistischer Gott

The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, … Continue reading

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Sich für eine Metapher töten lassen

Oh, but of course the story of Adam and Eve was only ever symbolic, wasn’t it? Symbolic?! So Jesus had himself tortured and executed for a symbolic sin by a non-existent individual? Nobody not brought up in the faith could … Continue reading

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Wir sind alle Atheisten

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. ~ Richard Dawkins (The Root Of All Evil?)

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Die Welt ist gleichgültig…

This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous – indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose. ~ Richard Dawkins … Continue reading

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Your DNA…

Your DNA may be destined to mingle with mine. Salutations! ~ Richard Dawkins (River out of Eden)

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Die Unmoral der Gottesfürchtigen

It would be deeply depressing if the only way children could get moral values was from religion. Either from scripture, and God knows we don’t want them to get it from scripture, I mean, just look at scripture. Or, from … Continue reading

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Mitleidlose Gleichgültigkeit

The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their … Continue reading

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Leichtgläubige Kinder…

With so many mindbytes to be downloaded, so many mental codons to be replicated, it is no wonder that child brains are gullible, open to almost any suggestion, vulnerable to subversion, easy prey to Moonies, Scientologists and nuns. ~ Richard … Continue reading

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Wir sind alle Affen…

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. ~ Richard Dawkins

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