The book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.
Richard DawkinsIf circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse.
Richard DawkinsIf it is solely an evolutionary convenience, there is really no such thing as good or evil.
Richard DawkinsThe bitter hatreds that now poison Middle Eastern politics are rooted in the real or perceived wrong of the setting up of a Jewish State in an Islamic region. In view of all that the Jews had been through, it must have seemed a fair and humane solution. Probably deep familiarity with the Old Testament had given the European and American decision-makers some sort of idea that this really was the historic homeland of the Jews.
Richard Dawkins