"It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have." ― Richard Dawkins Topic(s): Religion More From Richard Dawkins "Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that’s because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection." "Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time." "The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture." More In Religion "The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion."― John Updike "The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being."― Orson Pratt "The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart."― Anita Diament