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Atheism and profanity (view source)
Revision as of 01:44, November 12, 2014
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[[George Carlin]] was a comedian. Carlin was an atheist.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/official.Ray.Comfort/posts/723802557640220?fref=nf Ray Comfort on atheist George Carlin], [[Ray Comfort]] is a Christian evangelist</ref> In 1972, Carlin performed a monologue entitled "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television".
[[George Carlin]] was a comedian. Carlin was an atheist.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/official.Ray.Comfort/posts/723802557640220?fref=nf Ray Comfort on atheist George Carlin], [[Ray Comfort]] is a Christian evangelist</ref> In 1972, Carlin performed a monologue entitled "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television".
[[File:Ophelia Benson.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|Orphelia Benson ]]
== PZ Myers and profanity ==
[[PZ Myers]] is a [[militant atheism|militant atheist]].<ref>http://www.atheistrev.com/2008/03/pz-myers-on-eliminating-religion.html</ref> His language is extremely militant at times, and laced with expletives. In a diatribe in which he described those who believe in the Bible as "lunatics" and "bigots," Myers said:
{{cquote|I say, screw the polite words and careful rhetoric. It's time for scientists to break out the steel-toed boots and brass knuckles, and get out there and hammer on the lunatics and idiots.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070420142719/http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/perspective/</ref>}}
[[File:Ophelia Benson.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|Orphelia Benson
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<small>(photo obtained from [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophelia_Benson_at_CFI_WIS-May_18_2012.JPG Wikimedia Commons], see: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en license agreement])</small>]]
== Orphelia Benson and profanity ==
== Orphelia Benson and profanity ==