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Sorry, Mr. President, this will NOT be an inclusive event. If you are to dismiss the atheist population by INSISTING on preaching about God, you are not being inclusive. The prayer at the nomination was bad enough, and you're making it worse for your inauguration by employing Rick Warren to preach at the country on your behalf.
Reminder: You're a Democrat.
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Do you feel that the invocation at inauguration should be made into something secular?
Should the invocation at the inauguration should not be done at all?
Or perhaps that Obama did a great Job picking Warren to do the invocation for inauguration?
Are you offended by times of prayer? Or are you tolerant of others?Sorry, Mr. President, this will NOT be an inclusive event. If you are to dismiss the... more
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You'd think hollywood stars would drop to their knees every day to give thanks for their fame, fortune, and beauty — but the ugly truth is, a surprising number are atheists.
Jodie Foster, for example, proclaims respect for the religious while not believing. Bill Maher grants that there might be a God but also ridicules worshipers.
Surprising names pop up on any catalog of Hollywood's most irreligious. (We've listed them alphabetically.)
WOODY ALLEN: He told Reader's Digest, "If you actually have faith, if you believe that there's more to life in a positive sense, then of course it's a wonderful thing." Then he added, "I can't bring myself to do it. If I'm sitting next to a guy and he has true belief, I look at him and think, ‘poor thing, you really are deluded'."
FAME WITHOUT FAITH (Top row) Bruce Willis, Bill Maher, (Middle row) Billy Joel, and Carl Reiner. (Bottom row) Woody Allen and John Malkovich. Each doubts or does not believe that a creator exists.
JODIE FOSTER: She told Entertainment Weekly she's an atheist but added, "I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God." And asked by E! Online whether she ever prays to God, she answered, "No, absolutely never." Foster says she celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah with her children and that she only has questions so far and no answers.
BILLY JOEL: The singer publicly broached the topic early in his career, saying during an interview that he is an atheist and positing that religion is a source of many of the world's problems. Then he told Billboard magazine in 1994, "I still feel very much like an atheist in the religious aspects of things," but added, "There are spiritual planes I'm aware of that I don't know anything about and that I can't explain."
ANGELINA JOLIE: The actress is making Atlas Shrugged, the 1957 novel by famous Libertarian-atheist Ayn Rand, into a movie. Asked during an interview with The Onion whether God exists, Jolie said, "For the people who believe in it, I hope so. There doesn't need to be a God for me."
BILL MAHER: Maher co-wrote and starred in Religulous, a movie which mocked all religions, especially Christianity. On Larry King Live, Maher said that "all religious people have a neurological disorder" and that religion is "insanity by consensus."
JOHN MALKOVICH: He has called himself an atheist but rarely expounds on the matter. Malkovich once said. "I believe in people, I believe in humans, I believe in a car, but I don't believe something I have absolutely no evidence of for millennia."
IAN MCKELLAN: Tom Hanks' co-star in The Da Vinci Code said during a press tour promoting the film, "I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, ‘This is fiction.' I mean, walking on water?" The actor, an outspoken advocate for gay rights, refers to himself as an atheist.
KEANU REEVES: He reportedly has called himself an atheist but told journalists abroad while promoting the 2005 supernatural thriller Constantine that he is less skeptical about the concept of heaven and hell. In Constantine, Reeves plays a man whose soul has been condemned.
CARL REINER: The Emmy-winning writer and actor best known for his work on The Dick Van Dyke Show calls himself an atheist. On occasion, he has said that "man invented God, not the other way around." He jokingly said, "There are 15 things I know about God, and one is that he is allergic to shellfish." He also complains of too many commandments. "You only need one: Do not hurt anybody."
BRUCE WILLIS: That's right. Even Hollywood's conservatives sometimes are hostile to religion (granted, Willis' conservative credentials often are exaggerated). In 1998, he told now-defunct George magazine that organized religions "are dying forms" and that "modern religion is the end trail of modern mythology."You'd think hollywood stars would drop to their knees every day to give thanks... more
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Which is better, an Atheist Life or a Religious Life? This video has some neat comparisons.Which is better, an Atheist Life or a Religious Life? This video has some neat... more
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This video talks about why Atheists hate religon. It gives examples of how Atheists are discriminated against because of their beliefs or lack of beliefs. Atheists are one of the smallest minority groups in the United States. Even today there are laws preventing them from doing things god believers can do. Atheists discrimination is the least talked about form of discrimination. We have to stop discriminating against people!This video talks about why Atheists hate religon. It gives examples of how Atheists... more
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