An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent …

Richard Dawkins
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An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf. We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. ✨ Militant Atheism. TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2002.
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