George Carlin

The salty, Grammy award-winning stand-up comedian has appeared in 11 HBO specials since 1977, often skewering religion. Typical quips: "When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve." "If churches want …

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Cassie Gootee

Cassie Gootee graduated from Englewood High School, Colorado, in the year 2000. She was inducted into the National Honor Society and was president of the student body. She represented Colorado …

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Kate Atkinson

“I’m a lapsed Quaker. I don’t go to meetings any more. But I’m very drawn to Catholicism — all that glitter. I’d love to be a Catholic. I think it …

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Sidney Hook

“As a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.” …

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Edwin Hubble

“The whole thing is so much bigger than I am, and I can’t understand it. Not until the empirical resources are exhausted, need we pass on to the dreamy realms …

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Tom Petty

“A lot of people really struggle to find out what they want to do in life, but I knew as soon as I saw Elvis Presley, when I was 11. …

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