Remember Charles Dickens?
A 19th century writer who wrote many books...
...was also a bit of an agnostic!
Here's his bio from Wikipedia; and here's a "Freethought" from Twitter by him;
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Wow! Is that really something Rob didn’t know?
EyesThatSmile
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Feb 6, 2023
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Sarcasm? Why?
@Robecology Mostly because I am full of sarcasm, and I am shocked I knew something that you didn’t. I consider you very intelligent…
Charles Dodgson, pseudonym, Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland.
ASTRALMAX
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Feb 6, 2023
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Thanks! Corrected!
"Alice In Wonderland" ?
Really?
"a bit of an agnostic" the Anglican author of " The Life of Our Lord (1846)"
Really?
LenHazell53
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Feb 6, 2023
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Point taken. I learned this A.M that he was NOT the author of Alice in Wonderland but did author the famous story "A Christmas Carol".
So perhaps he was #religulous
I found this;
Religious views
As a young man, Dickens expressed a distaste for certain aspects of organised religion. In 1836, in a pamphlet titled Sunday Under Three Heads, he defended the people's right to pleasure, opposing a plan to prohibit games on Sundays. "Look into your churches – diminished congregations and scanty attendance. People have grown sullen and obstinate, and are becoming disgusted with the faith which condemns them to such a day as this, once in every seven. They display their feeling by staying away [from church]. Turn into the streets [on a Sunday] and mark the rigid gloom that reigns over everything around
He wrote many wonderful things but Lewis Carol (sp?) wrote Alice in Wonderland.
Theresa_N
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Feb 6, 2023
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Thanks! Corrected/edited
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