Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article:  Gervais, Ricky (Dec 19, 2010), Ricky Gervais: Why I’m an Atheist, Wall Street Journal, Retrieved on 2011-02-24
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    24 FEB 2011

     Everyone is an Atheist

    The dictionary definition of God is “a supernatural creator and overseer of the universe.” Included in this definition are all deities, goddesses and supernatural beings. Since the beginning of recorded history, which is defined by the invention of writing by the Sumerians around 6,000 years ago, historians have cataloged over 3700 supernatural beings, of which 2870 can be considered deities. So next time someone tells me they believe in God, I’ll say “Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mar...
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    Folksonomies: atheism
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    With thousands of deities out there to not believe in, Atheists just go one deity further.

    24 FEB 2011

     Science VS Belief

    Science seeks the truth. And it does not discriminate. For better or worse it finds things out. Science is humble. It knows what it knows and it knows what it doesn’t know. It bases its conclusions and beliefs on hard evidence -­- evidence that is constantly updated and upgraded. It doesn’t get offended when new facts come along. It embraces the body of knowledge. It doesn’t hold on to medieval practices because they are tradition. If it did, you wouldn’t get a shot of penicillin, you’d pop a...
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    Folksonomies: science atheism
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    Ricky Gervais on the virtue of science.

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