Sentences with phrase «avowed atheist»

In what would prove to be the culmination of a long and celebrated career, the late and legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton stars as Lucky, a 90 - year - old small - town iconoclast and avowed atheist who, although surprisingly healthy despite his cigarette habit, nevertheless finds himself pondering his own mortality with a certain amount of unease.

And even for family members, I think religious people are saddened (sometimes to the extent of going into depression) as much as avowed atheist.

There have been twenty - eight countries in world history that can be confirmed to have been ruled by regimes with avowed atheists at the helm (NOT Including Stalin, Mao), These twenty - eight historical regimes have been ruled by eighty - nine atheists, of whom more than half have engaged in democidal acts of the sort committed by Stalin and Mao...

there have been twenty - eight countries in world history that can be confirmed to have been ruled by regimes with avowed atheists at the helm... These twenty - eight historical regimes have been ruled by eighty - nine atheists, of whom more than half have engaged in democidal acts of the sort committed by Stalin and Mao...

Because of this absolute disbelief in god there were few avowed atheists until the 19th century when it was believed that science and religion were in conflict.

Either way, Stalin and Mao, avowed atheists killed more than all three of your examples combined.

So wait, why are avowed atheists reading CNN's belief blog?

Ever wonder why so many pessimists and avowed atheists show up in these blogs?

She does, however, condemn the conviction of those who are certain about facets of existence which by their nature can't be known (God, Heaven, one's soul, etc.)-- and that includes not only evangelical Christians such as Rick Warren but avowed atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens as well.

I was also not surprised that the avowed atheists also understood; especially Colin.

As discussion continued, a question was even posed to an avowed atheist in the class: «How, without faith do you reconcile yourself to the idea of death?»

TC — there was a POTUS who is revered as one of the greatest POTUS's and he was an avowed atheist.

I'll never forget my Christian upbringing, but I am now an avowed atheist.

When have I ever stated I an a self - avowed atheist / agnostic?

Why would a self - avowed atheist / agnostic CARE whether two opposing religions are placing monuments in OK, given that you don't live there and neither is your religion.

On the other side is a Christian press all to eager to paint over the legacy of an avowed atheist in order to wrap the story up with a picture - perfect Christian subculture bow.

[7] In turn, Bentham taught John Stuart Mill, one of the first men in Europe to be raised as an avowed atheist.

Philip Pullman, the British author of the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, is an avowed atheist who makes no attempt to disguise his distaste for religion and especially for Christianity.

What if the boy's parents are avowed atheists and the boy has never been exposed to the jesus myth?

Thus when Prime Minister Julia Gillard (an avowed atheist who makes Nancy Pelosi seem like Margaret Thatcher) nonetheless announced that a «gay marriage» proposal would get a «conscience vote» in the federal parliament, she was accused by her lefter - than - left opponents of being... undemocratic.

And though there were preachers and rabbis and other religious leaders opening and closing each day of each convention, there wasn't an avowed atheist talking up unbelief on either convention's speaking list.

In this video the avowed atheist, tells CNN's Nima Elbagir why he thinks «we make stuff up» about monsters, religion, and the devil.

And I can attest to that since I have been in foxholes when the crap hit the fan and the avowed atheists in my squad were all to a damned one crying and whining and spouting «Oh God, Oh God, let me live through this.»

There is certainly a strongly held view, exemplified by popular scientists such as Steven Pinker, professor of psychology at Harvard and an avowed atheist, that there is no such thing as free will in the sense of an independent personal entity.

The Pew Center's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey found that 16 % are unaffiliated, though only a fraction of those are avowed atheists and agnostics.

DeWitt is now an avowed atheist, and his audiences are made up of religious «nones,» the growing number of Americans who are atheist, agnostic, humanist or just plain disinterested in identifying with a religion.

But the mere affirmation of an ultimate deity may have little effect, because it is easy for the nation to assume that such a deity is on its side, especially when the adversaries are avowed atheists.

But what about the avowed atheist anarchists who join, just to disrupt the organization and to be pills.

Some have tried to dispute (their misunderstanding of) Tinder's point by pointing to a roster of great and virtuous individuals in world history who have been avowed atheists.

The difference between them and Hawking is that Hawking, as an avowed atheist, does not believe what he said.

Why don't we all realize that we are all... even the avowed atheists... trying to work out our own salvations... are all seekers on the path... and respect each others journeys.

It is an extraordinarily dimwitted argument, which is obvious even to me, as an avowed atheist.

According to the story, a «typical liberal college professor and avowed atheist» declares his intent to prove that there is no God by giving the creator 15 minutes to strike him from the podium.

That fixation was a little disconcerting to her single mom (Julianne Nicholson), an avowed atheist.