Richard Dawkins. The God delusion (№ 184870)

It is no exaggeration to say that most of my fellow atheists hide their views behind a facade of piety. They themselves in anything supernatural do not believe, but continue to feel a vague sympathy for irrational beliefs. They believe in faith. It's amazing how often people do not see the difference between the statements "X is true" and "I would like everyone to believe that X is true." Maybe in fact they do not commit this logical fallacy, but just think that compared to human feelings really is not so important. I do not want to belittle the role of human emotions and feelings. But let us in each discussion at the outset to clarify what we will talk: about feelings or about the truth. Both are important, but they are different things.