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Vonnegut described himself as an [[agnosticism|agnostic]]/[[atheism|atheist]]/[[secular humanist]] and in 1992 won the "Humanist of the Year" award (He referred to himself as a "Christ loving agnostic" and then later as a "Christ loving atheist" at an event).<ref>[https://salo.iu.edu/index.php/our-smart-friends/kurt-vonnegut-christ-loving-atheist/ Kurt Vonnegut, “Christ-Loving Atheist”] by Dan Wakefield, Salo University</ref>

Vonnegut described himself as an [[agnosticism|agnostic]]/[[atheism|atheist]]/[[secular humanist]] and in 1992 won the "Humanist of the Year" award (He referred to himself as a "Christ loving agnostic" and then later as a "Christ loving atheist" at an event).<ref>[https://salo.iu.edu/index.php/our-smart-friends/kurt-vonnegut-christ-loving-atheist/ Kurt Vonnegut, “Christ-Loving Atheist”] by Dan Wakefield, Salo University</ref>

He attributed the affirmation of his agnosticism/atheism to having studied anthropology.  Vonnegut's father's family were what he called "Free Thinkers", but Vonnegut said his father didn't tell him of their beliefs, his father claiming he and Vonnegut's mother to have been harshly attacked for their German heritage during World War I, until Vonnegut asked out of curiosity.  In 1981, he wrote "How proud I became of our belief, how pigheadedly proud, even, is the most evident thing in my writing, I think."<ref>''Palm Sunday'', p.  

He attributed the affirmation of his agnosticism/atheism to having studied anthropology.  Vonnegut's father's family were what he called "Free Thinkers", but Vonnegut said his father didn't tell him of their beliefs, his father claiming he and Vonnegut's mother to have been harshly attacked for their German heritage during World War I, until Vonnegut asked out of curiosity.  In 1981, he wrote "How proud I became of our belief, how pigheadedly proud, even, is the most evident thing in my writing, I think."<ref>''Palm Sunday'', p. 195.</ref>

In ''Hocus Pocus'' one of his characters is disrespectful of those with faith, rebutting the observation of "there were no atheists in foxholes" with the comment, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front."<ref>[http://atheism.about.com/library/quotes/bl_q_KVonnegut.htm Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus, pg. 182]</ref> Also, in later writings Vonnegut referred to conservative Christians as "not-so-closeted white supremacists, aka “Christians".<ref>http://www.inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=38_0_4_0_C</ref> Concerning the saying "[[There Are No Atheists In Foxholes|There are no atheists in foxholes]]", Vonnegut said, “People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.”<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/186949-people-say-there-are-no-atheists-in-foxholes-a-lot Kurt Vonnegut quote]</ref>

In ''Hocus Pocus'' one of his characters is disrespectful of those with faith, rebutting the observation of "there were no atheists in foxholes" with the comment, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front."<ref>[http://atheism.about.com/library/quotes/bl_q_KVonnegut.htm Kurt Vonnegut, ''Hocus Pocus'', pg. 182]</ref> Also, in later writings Vonnegut referred to conservative Christians as "not-so-closeted white supremacists, aka “Christians".<ref>http://www.inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=38_0_4_0_C</ref> Concerning the saying "[[There Are No Atheists In Foxholes|There are no atheists in foxholes]]", Vonnegut said, “People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.”<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/186949-people-say-there-are-no-atheists-in-foxholes-a-lot Kurt Vonnegut quote]</ref>

A detailed analysis of Vonnegut's later religious views found him to be a great admirer of [[Christianity]], but not [[Christian]] himself.<ref>https://imagejournal.org/article/kurt-vonnegut/</ref>  Dan Wakefield observed, “Except for [[John Updike]], a confessed [[Christian]], and James Baldwin, who had been a junior minister at a [[Pentecostal]] church as a boy in [[Harlem]], it is hard to think of any other leading writer of the era who mentioned [[Jesus]] at all, except as a curse word.”<ref>https://imagejournal.org/article/kurt-vonnegut/</ref>

A detailed analysis of Vonnegut's later religious views found him to be a great admirer of [[Christianity]], but not [[Christian]] himself.<ref>https://imagejournal.org/article/kurt-vonnegut/</ref>  Dan Wakefield observed, “Except for [[John Updike]], a confessed [[Christian]], and James Baldwin, who had been a junior minister at a [[Pentecostal]] church as a boy in [[Harlem]], it is hard to think of any other leading writer of the era who mentioned [[Jesus]] at all, except as a curse word.”<ref>https://imagejournal.org/article/kurt-vonnegut/</ref>