In the past, I've been asked about being atheist and a bunch of other awkward questions somehow or another rotating around the issue. The mere question puts me in an uncomfortable quandry as no one who beleives as I do would ask such a question. So, I know from the outset that I am going to have to prove myself, to validate my opinion somehow.
While surfing the Internet today I found a quotation by English comedian and commentator Stephen Fry that I think will suffice...
"I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance. That is my religion, and every day I am sorely, grossly, heinously and deeply offended, wounded, mortified and injured by a thousand different blasphemies against it. When the fundamental canons of truth, honesty, compassion and decency are hourly assaulted by fatuous bishops, pompous, illiberal and ignorant priests, politicians and prelates, sanctimonious censors, self-appointed moralists and busy-bodies, what recourse of ancient laws have I? None whatever. Nor would I ask for any. For unlike these blistering imbeciles my belief in my religion is strong and I know that lies will always fail and indecency and intolerance will always perish."
-Stephen Fry: "Trefusis Blasphemes"
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