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The following is a list of fictional atheists and agnostics limited to notable characters who have, either through self-admission within canon works or through admission of the character creator(s), been associated with a disbelief in a supreme deity or follow an agnostic approach toward religious matters.
Business. John Baskerville. Stephen Girard. Clive Sinclair. Jimmy Wales. John Baskerville (1706–1775): English typesetter, printing innovator and typefounder, designer of the typeface that bears his name. [4] [5] Richard Branson (1950–): English business magnate, investor and philanthropist.
Discrimination against atheists may be manifested by negative attitudes, prejudice, hostility, hatred, fear, or intolerance towards atheists and atheism or even the complete denial of atheists' existence. [5] [6] [7] It is often expressed in distrust regardless of its manifestation. [8] Perceived atheist prevalence seems to be correlated with ...
American Atheists – dedicated to separation of church and state issues. American Ethical Union – federation of about 25 Ethical Societies representing the Ethical Culture movement founded in 1876 by Felix Adler. American Humanist Association – organization promoting secular humanism in the US. American Secular Union.
Julian Baggini (1968–): British writer specialising in the philosophy of personal identity, author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction. [10] Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876): Russian philosopher, writer and anarchist. [11] Roland Barthes (1915–1980): French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic and semiotician.
Some of his cartoons use suicide among transgender people as a punchline. [7] Reddit and Discord banned their respective official StoneToss communities in 2019. [1] On Facebook and Instagram, as of 2021, some of the cartoons were posted by the author in heavily pixellated versions to prevent them from breaching those platforms' policies. [11]
Alain de Botton (born 1969), author of Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion, 2012. [74] Daniel Dennett (born 1942): American author and philosopher. [75] Marquis de Sade (1740–1814): French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer of philosophy-laden and often violent pornography. [76]
1969–2007. Freethought leader and atheist activist. "In college, after reading material from American Atheists, he became, in his words, 'a pretty hard core atheist.'". [2] Larry Adler. 1914–2001. Musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled harmonica players.