Famous Atheists
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You are here: Philosophy >> Learn More About Atheism! >> Famous AtheistsWho are some famous Atheists?It’s impossible to compile a complete list of famous atheists. However, this list includes some of the more notable ones. One that surprised me in my research was Benjamin Franklin. He lived from 1706 to 1790 and was responsible for many scientific discoveries, including electricity. In one biography about Franklin comes this quote “The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.” Napoleon Bonaparte was another famous atheist. He believed that ‘religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.’ Another famous atheist is Charles Darwin, the founder of the theory of evolution. His theory has caused enormous controversies over the years. Purportedly, on his deathbed, he renounced his theory of evolution, however it cannot be proven because there was only one witness. Additional atheists, now deceased, include Susan B. Anthony, suffragette; Sigmund Freud, Austrian physician and pioneer psycho-analyst; Marie-Curie, Polish born French chemist and physicist; Albert Einstein, W. C. Fields, Karl Marx, James Madison, Francios Voltaire, and Edgar Allan Poe. There is a celebrity atheist list, also. Several of the names are surprising too. Lance Armstrong, Marlon Brando, Rodney Dangerfield, Phil Donahue, Roger Ebert, Jodie Foster, Bill Gates, Katharine Hepburn, Billy Joel, Angelina Jolie, Diane Keaton, Margot Kidder, Bruce Lee, Tom Lehrer, Barry Manilow, John Malkovich, Jack Nicholson, Paula Poundstone, Ron Reagan Jr., Keanu Reeves, George Soros, and the list goes on and on. Most of the time, you can tell what a person believes by their lifestyle and the words that come from their mouth. An atheist has a hard time believing in anything other than his/her own reason. Reason is something that was given to man to be able to deduce solutions to problems. It is also able to make us feel like gods when we place more value on our own knowledge than what is told in the Bible. Learn More About Atheism! |
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