Title: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: karadan on April 24, 2008, 06:10:04 PM
Post by: karadan on April 24, 2008, 06:10:04 PM
I can't remember any hollywood actors admitting being atheist. Anyone know of any?
Would probably be career suicide tbh.
Would probably be career suicide tbh.
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: joeactor on April 24, 2008, 06:21:26 PM
Post by: joeactor on April 24, 2008, 06:21:26 PM
Quote from: "karadan"I can't remember any hollywood actors admitting being atheist. Anyone know of any?Sure, plenty!
Would probably be career suicide tbh.
http://www.celebatheists.com/index.php?title=Category:Actor
I would think it is much harder for a Politician to be "non-Christian" in the USofA...
Wonder how many Agnostic actors there are?
JoeActor
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: rlrose328 on April 24, 2008, 06:46:17 PM
Post by: rlrose328 on April 24, 2008, 06:46:17 PM
Same site, Joe:
http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=Category:Agnostic (http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=Category:Agnostic)
I'm doing a scrapbook called a Belief album and I did a two-page layout on Jodie Foster featuring the article that was in EW about her. I have other celebs that I'll feature as well. I have a layout about the Dixie Chicks and their struggles a few years back, the fracus over Harry Potter and the Golden Compass, some clever comics about atheism, that sort of thing. It's in response to the scrapbooking trend to do "Faith Albums" documenting their faith in whatever. But I want to make sure I feature plenty of scientists and celebrities who are smart enough to know the facts.
http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=Category:Agnostic (http://www.celebatheists.com/?title=Category:Agnostic)
I'm doing a scrapbook called a Belief album and I did a two-page layout on Jodie Foster featuring the article that was in EW about her. I have other celebs that I'll feature as well. I have a layout about the Dixie Chicks and their struggles a few years back, the fracus over Harry Potter and the Golden Compass, some clever comics about atheism, that sort of thing. It's in response to the scrapbooking trend to do "Faith Albums" documenting their faith in whatever. But I want to make sure I feature plenty of scientists and celebrities who are smart enough to know the facts.
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: Will on April 24, 2008, 07:30:04 PM
Post by: Will on April 24, 2008, 07:30:04 PM
Dibs on Natalie Portman.
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: rlrose328 on April 24, 2008, 08:01:52 PM
Post by: rlrose328 on April 24, 2008, 08:01:52 PM
In the last issue of the Sunday Parade, Robert Downey Jr. was on the cover and there was an article about his life with LOTS of interview quotes from him. The last paragraph, he goes over the qualities that helped him get his life together and there was no mention of god or religion. If he were going to credit the supernatural, it would have been in the list, surely, esp. in Parade, a very conservative publication.
I have hope for him yet. :-)
I have hope for him yet. :-)
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: karadan on April 24, 2008, 08:19:28 PM
Post by: karadan on April 24, 2008, 08:19:28 PM
Quote from: "joeactor"Quote from: "karadan"I can't remember any hollywood actors admitting being atheist. Anyone know of any?Sure, plenty!
Would probably be career suicide tbh.
http://www.celebatheists.com/index.php?title=Category:Actor
I would think it is much harder for a Politician to be "non-Christian" in the USofA...
Wonder how many Agnostic actors there are?
JoeActor
WOOOW! Thanks man!
There are some surprising names on there. Sean Penn?? Who'd have thunk it!
I'm glad George Cloony is on the list. He's cool.
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: Whitney on April 25, 2008, 12:47:01 AM
Post by: Whitney on April 25, 2008, 12:47:01 AM
Penn and Teller would classify as actors and they are both atheists....Penn is especially active in trying to support and promote free-thought.
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: SteveS on April 25, 2008, 03:10:54 PM
Post by: SteveS on April 25, 2008, 03:10:54 PM
Penn and Teller are cool --- I don't get whatever cable network their "Bullshit" show was/is on (Showtime, maybe?). But, I have seen a few episodes. Not only are they entertaining, but their points seem bang-on to me.
One I recall, they were interviewing a ghost-hunter, who explained in great detail what his scientific equipment did. EMF detectors, temperature sensors, FLIR camera, the whole works, right. Then, Penn questioned how such physical and natural gear could possibly be of use trying to find non-physical super-natural phenomenon.
Gotta love a mind that functions with such clarity of thought!
One I recall, they were interviewing a ghost-hunter, who explained in great detail what his scientific equipment did. EMF detectors, temperature sensors, FLIR camera, the whole works, right. Then, Penn questioned how such physical and natural gear could possibly be of use trying to find non-physical super-natural phenomenon.
Gotta love a mind that functions with such clarity of thought!
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: karadan on April 25, 2008, 08:36:36 PM
Post by: karadan on April 25, 2008, 08:36:36 PM
Quote from: "SteveS"Penn and Teller are cool --- I don't get whatever cable network their "Bullshit" show was/is on (Showtime, maybe?). But, I have seen a few episodes. Not only are they entertaining, but their points seem bang-on to me.
One I recall, they were interviewing a ghost-hunter, who explained in great detail what his scientific equipment did. EMF detectors, temperature sensors, FLIR camera, the whole works, right. Then, Penn questioned how such physical and natural gear could possibly be of use trying to find non-physical super-natural phenomenon.
Yeah, Penn and Teller are Fantastic. There is a great youtube vid of Penn explaining his stance on religion during an interview in Vegas.
Was good to see.
This vid is great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrF346sS_I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrF346sS_I)
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: SteveS on April 25, 2008, 09:31:16 PM
Post by: SteveS on April 25, 2008, 09:31:16 PM
Yeah, I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist myself either. My wife reacts rather violently to these claims that the planes "weren't real planes" --- she was still working in 2001, and one of her old coworkers (older than her by about 30 years or so) had an adult son who died on one of the WTC planes. The only identification they ever received was his wedding ring.
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: karadan on April 26, 2008, 12:24:14 AM
Post by: karadan on April 26, 2008, 12:24:14 AM
Quote from: "SteveS"Yeah, I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist myself either. My wife reacts rather violently to these claims that the planes "weren't real planes" --- she was still working in 2001, and one of her old coworkers (older than her by about 30 years or so) had an adult son who died on one of the WTC planes. The only identification they ever received was his wedding ring.
Damn..
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: rlrose328 on April 26, 2008, 01:39:13 AM
Post by: rlrose328 on April 26, 2008, 01:39:13 AM
Speaking of all of these great people (Penn and Teller specifically), does anyone attend The Amazing Meeting?? I booked Joe last year, got him a plane ticket and everything and he cancelled at the last minute because he just won't do something great for himself. Ugh. Penn and Teller are there, along with Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters, Julia Sweeney, James Randi and lots more.
This year, only Adam from MB will be there (and we'd rather see Jamie if only one of them), Julia Sweeney isn't on the list... Bummer.
This year, only Adam from MB will be there (and we'd rather see Jamie if only one of them), Julia Sweeney isn't on the list... Bummer.
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: jrosebud on April 26, 2008, 08:25:51 AM
Post by: jrosebud on April 26, 2008, 08:25:51 AM
Quote from: "rlrose328"Speaking of all of these great people (Penn and Teller specifically), does anyone attend The Amazing Meeting?? I booked Joe last year, got him a plane ticket and everything and he cancelled at the last minute because he just won't do something great for himself. Ugh. Penn and Teller are there, along with Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters, Julia Sweeney, James Randi and lots more.
This year, only Adam from MB will be there (and we'd rather see Jamie if only one of them), Julia Sweeney isn't on the list... Bummer.
What exactly is the Amazing Meeting?
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: Whitney on April 28, 2008, 04:42:33 AM
Post by: Whitney on April 28, 2008, 04:42:33 AM
Quote from: "jrosebud"I've never heard of it either...is it like a convention or something?Quote from: "rlrose328"Speaking of all of these great people (Penn and Teller specifically), does anyone attend The Amazing Meeting?? I booked Joe last year, got him a plane ticket and everything and he cancelled at the last minute because he just won't do something great for himself. Ugh. Penn and Teller are there, along with Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters, Julia Sweeney, James Randi and lots more.
This year, only Adam from MB will be there (and we'd rather see Jamie if only one of them), Julia Sweeney isn't on the list... Bummer.
What exactly is the Amazing Meeting?
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: rlrose328 on April 28, 2008, 05:36:08 AM
Post by: rlrose328 on April 28, 2008, 05:36:08 AM
Quote from: "jrosebud"What exactly is the Amazing Meeting?
From the website:
"The Amaz!ng Meeting is a celebration of critical thinking and skepticism sponsored by the James Randi Educational Foundation. Thinking people travel the world to share learning, laughs and life with fellow skeptics and distinguished guest speakers."
http://www.randi.org/joom/content/view/17/29/ (http://www.randi.org/joom/content/view/17/29/)
It's "sponsored by" (?) the James Randi Foundation and is supposedly so very WOW to attend. A free-thinker convention, so to speak.
Title: Re: Have any actors ever claimed to be atheist?
Post by: jrosebud on April 28, 2008, 05:48:58 AM
Post by: jrosebud on April 28, 2008, 05:48:58 AM
Dude, I wanna go! 