I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.

Quote by Steven Weinberg

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The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts...

The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts...

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people...

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people...

An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the...

An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the...

The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.

The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.

Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I...

Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I...

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people...

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people...

Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions...

Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions...

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited...

Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited...

Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such...

Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such...

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always...

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always...

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my...

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people...

Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science and he will be silent....

Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science and he will be silent....

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

Only he shall visit the mosques of Allah who believes in Allah and the latter...

Only he shall visit the mosques of Allah who believes in Allah and the latter...

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where...

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where...

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

When you give religiously inspired zealots weapons of mass destruction and you promise them that...

When you give religiously inspired zealots weapons of mass destruction and you promise them that...