| − | Well-known atheists include [[Joseph Stalin]]{{fact}}, [[Bertrand Russell]]{{fact}}, [[Ayn Rand]]{{fact}}, [[Richard Dawkins]]{{fact}}, [[Douglas Adams]]{{fact}}, [[Ernest Hemingway]]{{fact}}, and [[David Hume]]{{fact}}. | + | Well-known atheists include [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Ayn Rand]], [[Richard Dawkins]], [[Douglas Adams]], [[Ernest Hemingway]], and [[David Hume]]. One need only examine a sample of their writings (or, in Stalin's case, his government policies) to assure oneself that these people are/were, indeed, atheists. Rand, for example, explicitly declared that [[God]] was an illogical concept. (See [[Objectivism]] for details.) Dawkins is most famous for declaring that the concept of God amounts to a "delusion." |