Anyone in history...which ones do you admire?
I enjoy Neil Degrasse Tyson...as the other amazing names everyone has mentioned
Never really thought about it, honestly. I never really felt the need to read up on atheism or agnosticism. The only reason I think I would really need to is if I were to try to convince someone else to go agnostic or atheist. That sounds too much like missionary work to me. “I ain’t about that life.”
I do have some least favorite atheists, though. Any Mormon prophet (with the exception of the schizophrenic ones) had to have been atheist, but liars. Mormons believe prophets speak directly to God. If a man is called to be a prophet, and acts the part, but never actually speaks to God, yet claims to, that man is A)a non-believer, and B)a fraud.
Don’t really have a favorite, but the first public person I took notice of and the first to make an impact on me was George Carlin.
Seth MacFarlane... hands down!!! Love that man. Smart, articulate, and drop dead gorgeous!! ??
Carl Sagan. With Cosmos he made it easy to be skeptical about Religions and very to accept Human religions when limited to earthly temporal concerns when compared to the vastness, infinity and eternity of the cosmos. Cosmos almost made be panteists but the God I heard on Church was just too small compared to the Cosmos. There are other Atheists heroes like Hitchens, Dawkins, but I prefer Carl Sagan for his humanism and because he was not a Atheist in your face but rather a wanted people to be scientific, skeptic and Atheism would be a product of that skepticism.
MEA CULPA - MEA MAXIMA CULPA I unreservedly apologise I confused Celsus with Democritus the founder of modern science. Celsus merely cristicised Christianity.
My favourite atheist is Democritus
The rudest yet serious is jim jeffries, if you have not googled him then do so but beware his atheist outlook on jokes are best heard with ear plugs lol
He's great.
I love Jim Jefferies, seen him live before. It’s cool he has his own show on Comedy Central on tuesdays now.
I think he doesn't believe in Trump either!
My curiosity got the best of me again. Now I gotta go check out who he is lol
The man i admired the most was without question the late great Christopher Hitchens followed closely by prof. Richerd Dawkins and Sam Harris
All three are three of my own favorites.
There are so many! But if I had to just pick one, I’d say Matt Dillahunty.