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It is not possible to be intellectually honest and believe in gods. And it is not possible to believe in gods and be a true scientist.

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We are children of chaos, and the deep structure of change is decay. At root, there is only corruption, and the unstemmable tide of chaos. Gone is purpose; all that is left is direction. This is the bleakness we have to accept as we peer deeply and dispassionately into the heart of the Universe.
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Well it's fairly straightforward: there isn't one [a god]. And there's no evidence for one, no reason to believe that there is one, and so I don't believe that there is one. And I think that it is rather foolish that people do think that there is one.
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[Religion is] a fantasy [and is] completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil.
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