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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

E. O. Wilson
Character, Atheism, Arise
E. O. Wilson (2014). “Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge”, p.365, Vintage

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

E. O. Wilson
Struggle, Religion, Atheism
"Consilience". Book by Edward Osborne Wilson, 1998.

In fact, nothing in science as a whole has been more firmly established by interwoven factual information, or more illuminating than the universal occurrence of biological evolution. Further, few natural processes have been more convincingly explained than evolution by the theory of natural selection, or as it has been popularly called, Darwinism.

E. O. Wilson
Religion, Atheism, Information

Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience to authority, and while it is often consistent with and reinforced by religious belief, it is not piety.

E. O. Wilson
Religious, Character, Atheism
E. O. Wilson (2014). “Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge”, p.365, Vintage

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