FAN BLOG (rating McDonnell’s “hotness points”): FAITH: Unknown but believed to be an atheist. McDONNELL: I am an atheist. FAN BLOG: Minus 50 points. McDONNELL: Oh well, reason loses again. …
Publications
International Blasphemy Day
Today is International Blasphemy Day, observed to coincide with the anniversary of the 2005 publication of satirical drawings of Muhammad in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, setting off a furor by …
Ta-Nehisi Coates
“I am an atheist. (I have recently realized this.) I don’t believe the arc of the universe bends towards justice. I don’t even believe in an arc. I believe in …
Truman Capote
“I belong to no churches and am not a ‘Believer’ in any formal sense. … As for me, I just go my way by myself.” …
Phil Plait
“How do you convince someone they’re not thinking clearly, when they’re not thinking clearly? What we’re actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher moral authoritative father-figure, no security, …
Colin Dexter
“[Morse] evolved as I wrote. Like me he is diabetic, an atheist and a lover of music and art.” …
Julia Gillard
ABC RADIO HOST: Do you believe in God? GILLARD: No, I don’t, Jon, I’m not a religious person. I’m of course a great respecter of religious beliefs but they’re not …
Michelle Bachelet
“I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic … all possible sins together.” …
Barbara Mertz
“There are always, thank heaven, skeptics who challenge orthodox ideas. They are the great thinkers of all times.” …
