Richard Dawkins is arguably England's most pious atheist.

Scientists don't believe anything.Scientists test things.

It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.

Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case.

The long history of mankind is studded with convergences, perhaps most notably in social systems and the use of artefacts and technology. But for human history, set in the arrow of time, there appears to be one intolerable stumbling-block. This is the catastrophic failure in human values and decency.

Richard Dawkins is arguably England's most pious atheist.