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I recently established a charitable foundation dedicated to promoting ‘Reason and Science.’ During the protracted, extremely expensive, and ultimately successful negotiations to obtain charitable status, I received a letter from the British Charity Commission dated 28 September 2006 which contained the following: ‘It is not clear how the advancement of science tends towards the mental and moral improvement of humanism and rationalism.’ Religious organization, by contrast, are assumed to benefit humanity without any obligation to demonstrate it and even, apparently, if they are actively engaged in promoting scientific falsehood.
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Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth
These kinds of crazy conundrums can dominate my brain if I’m not careful.
