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Speaking about God and religion in his stand-up, saying "an invisible man in the sky." Adam Carolla (born 1964): American comedian, actor, author, radio host, and podcaster. Regularly refers to himself as an atheist. [44] [45] Jimmy Carr (born 1972): English comedian, author, actor, and presenter of radio and television. [46]
Paul Nurse (born 1949): 2001 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, called himself an atheist, but specified that "sceptical agnostic" was a more "philosophically correct" term. [408] Bill Nye (born 1955): American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, mechanical engineer and scientist. Popularly known as "Bill Nye the Science ...
"I don't have any spiritual beliefs. There is no god in my world.", "I guess necessity has shaped my "non-belief". I respect someone's religion and any reason that brought them to it but it's never been something I felt I needed in my life." [110] Ned Rorem: 1923–2022 Musician Composer "I'm an atheist" [111] Ernestine Rose: 1810–1892
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the lack of belief in the existence of deities.In a narrower sense, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist. This is a compilation of the various lists of atheists with articles on Wikipedia by category.
Alfred Hrdlicka (1928–2009): Austrian sculptor, draughtsman, painter and artist, whose 2008 religious work about the Apostles, Religion, Flesh and Power, attracted criticism over its homoerotic theme. [229] Mark Hofmann (1954–): Prolific counterfeiter and ex-Mormon who murdered two people in Salt Lake City, Utah. [230] [231]
Based on Jewish law's emphasis on matrilineal descent, religiously conservative Orthodox Jewish authorities would accept an atheist born to a Jewish mother as fully Jewish. [1] A 2011 study found that half of all American Jews have doubts about the existence of God, compared to 10–15% of other American religious groups. [2]
This is the list of the Muslims in entertainment and the media outside Muslim-majority countries Comedy American comedian Dave Chappelle in 2007. Ahmed Ahmed – standup comedian, actor Humza Arshad – English comedian Dave Chappelle – standup comedian Said Durrah – standup comedian Maz Jobrani – standup comedian, actor Mohammed "Mo" Amer – standup comedian, actor [6] Hasan Minhaj ...
However, the same survey showed that 11.1% of all respondents stated "no" when asked if they believed in God. [198] According to a 2014 report by the Pew Research Center, 3.1% of the US adult population identify as atheist, up from 1.6% in 2007; and within the religiously unaffiliated (or "no religion") demographic, atheists made up 13.6%. [199]