* Margaret Atwood ~ What Was She Thinking? That Atheism is a "Religion"

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.
~ Margaret Atwood

If a god showed up every time you put a quarter in the prayer slot it wouldn't be God, it would be a puppet that you could control by doing that...that would make the deity subservient to you. So it wouldn't be a deity would it? ~ Margaret Atwood

What is the fuss about? PBS's Bill Moyers has often interviewed Margaret Atwood on his Faith and Reason. He quotes Atwood as she considers atheism "a religion," saying that, like religion, it "makes an absolute stand about something that cannot be proven." Bill Moyers

Margaret Atwood & Bill Moyers: For Margaret Atwood, agnostic, "ultimate reality is unknown and probably unknowable."

Austin Cline of About.com asks:

What Was She Thinking? Margaret Atwood Doesn't Understand Atheism

Margaret Atwood is a fairly well-known author in freethinking circles because of her book The Handmaid's Tale, a story about a dystopic future when extreme religious fascism has taken control of America. Margaret Atwood also suffers from a serious problem known as Arrogance of Agnosticism: by misdefining atheism and agnosticism, she pretends that she is superior to everyone else. ~ Austin Cline

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. A prolific poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and political activist, she has received recognition nationally and internationally for her writing.

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