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| | Actor [[Denzel Washington]] discussing his movie "Safe House" stated concerning atheists and sociopaths: | | Actor [[Denzel Washington]] discussing his movie "Safe House" stated concerning atheists and sociopaths: |
| | {{Cquote|There's a book I read called 'The Sociopath Next Door.' And -- I read something from it every day before I would go on the set. It really became my guide. When you think of a sociopath...you think of someone violent. The overwhelming majority of sociopaths aren't violent. They just have a desire to win. They just don't have a conscience -- they don't have it. The majority of them are atheists as well. So that was the book that was sort of my Bible if you will...in preparation for this part."<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/news/2012/02/15/did-actor-denzel-washington-really-call-atheists-sociopaths Did Actor Denzel Washington Really Call Atheists 'Sociopaths?], The Blaze</ref>}} | | {{Cquote|There's a book I read called 'The Sociopath Next Door.' And -- I read something from it every day before I would go on the set. It really became my guide. When you think of a sociopath...you think of someone violent. The overwhelming majority of sociopaths aren't violent. They just have a desire to win. They just don't have a conscience -- they don't have it. The majority of them are atheists as well. So that was the book that was sort of my Bible if you will...in preparation for this part."<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/news/2012/02/15/did-actor-denzel-washington-really-call-atheists-sociopaths Did Actor Denzel Washington Really Call Atheists 'Sociopaths?], The Blaze</ref>}} |
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| − | == List of black atheists ==
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| − | [[File:Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali.JPG|thumbnail|right|125px|[[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]]]]
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| − | *[[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]]
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| − | *[[Sikivu Hutchinson]] - Author
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| − | *[[Jamila Bey]] - Journalist
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| − | *Mandisa Thomas - [[American Atheists]], Board member
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| − | *Debbie Goddard - Director of African Americans for [[Secular humanism|Humanism]]
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| − | *Ayanna Watson - founder of Black Atheists of America, Inc.
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| − | *Clive Aruede - co-founder of London Black Atheists
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| − | *Lola Tinubu - co-founder of London Black Atheists
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| − | *Anthony B. Pinn - Professor
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| − | *A. Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) - Civil rights leader
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| − | *Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen (January 7, 1911 – December 22, 1995) - Dancer/actress
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| − | *Hubert Harrison (April 27, 1883 - December 17, 1927) - writer/scholar
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| | == Oprah Winfrey's commentary on atheism/wonder == | | == Oprah Winfrey's commentary on atheism/wonder == |