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June 11, 1980

Robert Munsch

“My brief answer is that I am an atheist. ... I’m not saying there isn’t a God, but there isn’t a God who cares about people. And who wants a God who doesn’t give a shit?”

Published in Freethought of the Day
June 11, 1980

Hugh Laurie

James Lipton: Do you share House's skepticism?
Hugh Laurie: [laughing] I do. Big chunks of it, yes. I'm not a religious man. Again, I think this is connected to my father. My father was religious oddly enough, but I nonetheless I suppose was impressed by [and] enamored of his devotion to medical science. I find I am a fan of science. I believe in science."

Published in Freethought of the Day
June 11, 1980

Gene Wilder

"I’m going to tell you what my religion is. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Period. Terminato. Finito. I have no other religion. I feel very Jewish and I feel very grateful to be Jewish. But I don’t believe in God or anything to do with the Jewish religion."

Published in Freethought of the Day
June 11, 1980

Joseph Lewis

"Atheism rises above creeds and puts Humanity upon one plane.
There can be no 'chosen people' in the Atheist philosophy.
There are no bended knees in Atheism;
No supplications, no prayers;
No sacrificial redemptions;
No 'divine' revelations;
No washing in the blood of the lamb;
No crusades, no massacres, no holy wars;
No heaven, no hell, no purgatory;
No silly rewards and no vindictive punishments;
No christs, and no saviors;
No devils, no ghosts and no gods."

Published in Freethought of the Day
June 11, 1980

Ingrid Newkirk

“I'm an atheist. I don't believe in God. I believe that the horrors in this world could not ever have been created by a loving God. I believe in kindness, I believe in personal responsibility, and I believe in being decent to people."

Published in Freethought of the Day
June 11, 1980

Anne Royall

"An enemy is an enemy, whether he be wrapped in a cloak of cloth, or a cloak of religion."

Published in Freethought of the Day
June 11, 1980

Richard Strauss

"When during my stay in Egypt I became familiar with the works of Nietzsche, whose polemic against Christianity was particularly to my liking, the antipathy which I had always felt against a religion which relieves the faithful of responsibility for their actions (by means of confession) was confirmed and strengthened."

Published in Freethought of the Day