“Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position.”
Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian
“Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position”
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