| | '''Penn Fraser Jillette''' (born March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA) is an illusionist, juggler and [[libertarianism|Libertarian]] activist. He is best known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team of [[Penn and Teller|Penn & Teller]]. The duo often perform in Las Vegas and have their own TV show ''Penn & Teller:Bull****'' on the HBO channel. Penn Jillette is an [[atheist]]. In September of 2011, the [[atheism and obesity|overweight atheist]] Penn Jillette called [[agnosticism|agnostics]] "sloppy". <ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/02/RVGJ1KUAC9.DTL&type=books Penn Jillete, San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 2011, ''Penn Jillette on the Joys of atheism'']</ref> | | '''Penn Fraser Jillette''' (born March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA) is an illusionist, juggler and [[libertarianism|Libertarian]] activist. He is best known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team of [[Penn and Teller|Penn & Teller]]. The duo often perform in Las Vegas and have their own TV show ''Penn & Teller:Bull****'' on the HBO channel. Penn Jillette is an [[atheist]]. In September of 2011, the [[atheism and obesity|overweight atheist]] Penn Jillette called [[agnosticism|agnostics]] "sloppy". <ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/02/RVGJ1KUAC9.DTL&type=books Penn Jillete, San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 2011, ''Penn Jillette on the Joys of atheism'']</ref> |
| | The [[Brights Movement]] was started in 2003 by Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell in 2003 in order to assist in the advocacy of a [[Naturalism|naturalistic worldview]].<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_2_28/ai_114090211/pg_1</ref><ref>http://www.the-brights.net/vision/faq.html#1</ref> The Brights movement had a media campaign and was announced in ''Wired'' magazine (by Richard Dawkins), ''Free Inquiry'' (by Richard Dawkins), and on the ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed page (by the philosopher and atheist [[Daniel Dennett]]). | | The [[Brights Movement]] was started in 2003 by Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell in 2003 in order to assist in the advocacy of a [[Naturalism|naturalistic worldview]].<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_2_28/ai_114090211/pg_1</ref><ref>http://www.the-brights.net/vision/faq.html#1</ref> The Brights movement had a media campaign and was announced in ''Wired'' magazine (by Richard Dawkins), ''Free Inquiry'' (by Richard Dawkins), and on the ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed page (by the philosopher and atheist [[Daniel Dennett]]). |