Michael Shermer - Religious Quotes

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Evolution is not a religious tenet, to which one swears allegiance or belief as a matter of faith. It is a factual reality of the empirical world. Just as one would not say I believe in gravity, one should not proclaim I believe in evolution.

Michael Shermer

People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.

Michael Shermer

We're all talking about the same thing, whether it's religious people or New Age spiritual people or Buddhists or scientists. We're all talking about having a sense of awe and wonder at something grander than ourselves.

Michael Shermer

In science, all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.

Michael Shermer