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Dawkins quote on cherishing one life circulates online
Original: Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one. —Richard Dawkins _____
A quote attributed to evolutionary biologist and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins is being shared widely: "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one." Readers are engaging with its message that people should value the single life they have rather than hope for an afterlife, with discussion framed around atheism, faith and belief in God.
Why now: The quote's blunt rejection of the afterlife resonates in ongoing debates between religious believers and atheists.
Evidence
- Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one. —Richard Dawkins ______________________ # atheism # faith # god · tomcapuder@universeodon.com · 2
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