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Just as I'm a man and not a non-woman |
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I'm a bright and not an atheist or non-believer |
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Why should I be defined by what I'm not? |
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Jonathan Miller, on being introduced as an atheist on live debate on God (Thu 26th Feb 04): Well first of all let me say I am extremely reluctant to use the term atheist, not because I am ashamed of it but because I would never use a special term to describe my disbelief in witches or fairies, and the notion of atheism as something which is actually been thrust on those who actually have never entertained a thought for God , its a badge, its a label which I now have to lay claim to, simply because it would be shameful to deny it. So yes, Im an atheist, I dont believe in God, I dont even know what people are talking about when they use that glottally-stopped monosyllable its never entered my thoughts, I was never introduced to it, and fortunately no one got to me before my cognitive immune system got working, so therefore it never played a part in my life, and I think in contrast to this programme where you have an unrepresentatively small number of people who are like myself, there are enormous numbers of people who simply have never given it a thought" |
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