โฆthe Genesis story is just one that happened to have been adopted by one particular tribe of Middle Eastern herders. It has no more special status than the belief of a particular West African tribe that the world was created from the excrement of ants.
Richard DawkinsThere are all sorts of things that would be comforting. I expect an injection of morphine would be comforting... But to say that something is comforting is not to say that it's true.
Richard DawkinsWhy, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious defence? One might have supposed him amply capable of looking after himself.
Richard Dawkins