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Although ostensibly a convert to [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]], Hemingway was never public about his real religious beliefs.   

Although ostensibly a convert to [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]], Hemingway was never public about his real religious beliefs.   

The lack of humor in his writings suggests that he may have been an [[atheist]], though not a militant one.  "All thinking men are [[atheist]]s," Hemingway asserted in his posthumously published memoirs, ''A Moveable Feast'' (1964).<ref name="Ernest">https://hollowverse.com/ernest-hemingway/</ref>  But it is a bit unfair to rely on a posthumous publication as a testament of one's beliefs.  Biographer Paul Johnson wrote that "[Hemingway] did not only not believe in God but regarded organized religion as a menace to human happiness ... [he] seems to have been devoid of the religious spirit… [and] ceased to practice religion at the earliest possible moment."<ref name="Ernest"/>  Still, that observation is not conclusive about what Hemingway believed at the end of his life, when he committed suicide.

The lack of humor in his writings suggests that he may have been an [[atheist]], though not a militant one.  "All thinking men are [[atheist]]s," Hemingway asserted in his posthumously published memoirs, ''A Moveable Feast'' (1964).<ref name="Ernest">https://hollowverse.com/ernest-hemingway/</ref>  But it is a bit unfair to rely on a posthumous publication as a testament of one's beliefs.   

 

Biographer Paul Johnson wrote that "[Hemingway] did not only not believe in God but regarded organized religion as a menace to human happiness ... [he] seems to have been devoid of the religious spirit… [and] ceased to practice religion at the earliest possible moment."<ref name="Ernest"/>  Still, that observation is not conclusive about what Hemingway believed at the end of his life, when he committed suicide.

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