As a liberal I would hesitate to propose a blanket ban on any style of dress because of the implications for individual liberty and freedom of choice. - Richard Dawkins

The attitude that living things are placed here for our benefit still dominates our culture, even where its underpinnings have disappeared. We now need, for purposes of scientific understanding, to find a less human-centered view of the natural world.

"But there are many unsophisticated Christians out there … who take the Bible very seriously indeed as a literal and accurate record of history and hence as evidence supporting the religious beliefs. Do these people never open the book that they believe is the literal truth? Why don't they notice the glaring contradictions?" (p. 120)

Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.