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Atheists & Agnostics

Towlie

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5. According to Wikiquote, Asimov said this in the Spring of 1982.

Reply to Brainstormy (Original post)

Fri Aug 25, 2017, 02:20 PM

Aug 2017

... and the source is Free Inquiry.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

Back before the Internet was widely available and we were using modems like the one that Matthew Broderick had in War Games, I participated in an online chat with Isaac Asimov, hosted by America Online. When it was my turn I asked a very simple question: "Do you believe in God?"

He answered "No."

Later a transcript of the entire session was released, but I was disappointed to find that our short exchange was suspiciously garbled and unreadable.

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This works for me [View all] Brainstormy Aug 2017 OP

We are all born atheists, like racism and misogyny and the rest Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #1

If facts be harsh, so be it. There's nothing insulting defacto7 Aug 2017 #2

Me too. defacto7 Aug 2017 #3

I've often thought of myself as an "apathist". Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #4

According to Wikiquote, Asimov said this in the Spring of 1982. Towlie Aug 2017 #5

"I don't want to waste my time" progressoid Aug 2017 #6

I should be an agnostic HAB911 Aug 2017 #7

Reality oppressedproletarian Aug 2017 #8