Would you would really count Kim Jong-il since he thought of himself as a deity that needed worshiped by his country?

There is no god till you create it in your own mind.

Thomas Paine-The Age of Reason. [on the bible] “That many good men have believed this strange fable, and lived very good lives under that belief (for credulity is not a crime), is what I have no doubt of. In the first place, they were educated to believe it, and they would have believed anything else in the same manner. There are also many who have been so enthusiastically enraptured by what they conceived to be the infinite love of God to man, in making a sacrifice of himself, that the vehemence of the idea has forbidden and deterred them from examining into the absurdity and profaneness of the story. The more unnatural anything is, the more it is capable of becoming the object of dismal admiration.”

“It aint necessarily so” regarding some of the names on this atheist hit parade. For example Mark Twain [who definitely did not claim to be a Christian despite his respect for Christ’s teachings] wrote: “the being who to me is the real god is the one who created this majestic universe” near the end of his life. But the most telling error is listing Helen Keller as an atheist, who wrote: ““For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to—a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.”

WOW! Some of these names are “NO DUH”, some are VERY Disappointing, ALL are just sad and TOO BAD!! Thank you for a list of names that I can pray over the aftermath of, for ALL of the lives left behind in thier destruction and death wake! What about Hitler, Michaelangelo, Voltaire? Is there a more complete list?

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”
- Seneca, Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD

I noticed quite a few people with intelligence or a sense of humor. I won’t share my opinion of a lot of religious people, but it tends to be the opposite of those two things…

just goes to show that just like with any other group, you’re in some good…. and some not so good company

I could’ve done without the photo of Billie Joe Armstrong, and with the photo of anyone else on this list.

Well, now we know why Keanu Reeves is so sad.

Penn & Teller are actually two different and distinct people. This is a list of 102 atheists.

Kim Jong-il is not an atheist. Kim Jong-il believes in a god by the name of Kim Jong-il.

Where’s Douglas Adams?

Please did i miss something or is The Amazing James Randi not on this list?His research has inspired more people to Atheism than any of these celebrities Plzzz someone fire the person that put this list together.

So, these are some of the few people that have actually read the Bible, Koran, Sutras etc…

I thank the Lord every day that most people in this world are blessed to have freedom of religion (or in this case, not religion). People can believe or not believe whatever they want, and I love that!

so many people putting all their eggs in one basket…saddens me, really. im not religious, but im certainly not an atheist either. neither of them know the truth, so they both seem arrogant and silly. i think that being agnostic is the most realistic choice, because we dont know for sure either way and we never will. so riding the doubt wave is the most logical stance in my opinion :)

just 101?more please,names like Darwin,Khayyam(great poet),Galileo,Davinci,Lenin,Rosseau,Sartre,Plato,look throughout history,those who really were alive and out of crowd,were atheist or at least naturalist or spiritualist.If I wrong about names,someone correct me.

Still not really sure what the point of this list was? Was some one wondering about the various religious statuses of these “celebrities”?

I wonder if they still get/give gifts on Christmas?