I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do.
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I used to be an atheist, but I've chilled out a bit on that.
I haven't seen much socially redeeming about religion. I'm an atheist. I don't here want to get into the Hitchens- or Dawkins-style attack on religion. I was raised on that. It's boring.
I don't have a religion, but I respect them.
I have great respect for people who live out their beliefs. For example, Ed Begley Jr. is an environmentalist, but he really lives his lives, and is he very prudent in the way he lives. He's cautious. He's not like an Al Gore that flies around in a private jet and burns 20,000 gallons a day on his jet.
I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
One of Dawkins' major gripes is against religion. I am in total agreement on that one. I abhor religion.
I'm not an atheist, but I'm not a Christian, either.
I call myself an agnostic. I'm open to change. I'm the same sort of person, although much less aggressive, as Richard Dawkins.
Atheism is a moral position - a rather rigid one, if you've ever read the opinions of its highest-profile espousers, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins.