Comments on: Harry Potter is an Atheist

By: Dass

Dass — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:14:32 +0000

I really like Daniel as a person and an actor and YES HE’S AN ATHEIST. He already said that, and that’s really great.

By: Ste'

Ste' — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:49:55 +0000

It takes quite a bit of faith to be an atheist doesn’t it? I mean, proclaiming that one avidly believes there is no god can be likened to adhering to a doctrinal statement.

Daniel has said he “isn’t religious”. As those above have posted; this does NOT equate with “I’m an atheist.” Boggles the mind that atheists would care anyway.

Stephanie

By: atheistnationblogger

atheistnationblogger — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:22:47 +0000

Yup just read he was an atheist on Celebatheist list. It was in an interview for Esquire, like Yael said. And Keynes is hot! lol But that’s probably because he’s from northern Europe.

By: Yael

Yael — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:00:58 +0000

In an enterview with Esquire he said:

I’m an atheist, but I’m very relaxed about it. I don’t preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do. Anything he does on television, I will watch.

By: Jerica

Jerica — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:53:25 +0000

I am a secret atheist, and to hide it from my parents, I told people I was “non-religious” or not interested in church.

But I truly believe that “non-religiousness” can go either way, into atheism or agnosticism. The point is, Daniel doesn’t seem to care if there is a deity out there, and he’s not afraid of Judgement Day if there is.

By: Pseudonym

Pseudonym — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:17:45 +0000

Troll:

As far as “Teh True Christians” are concerned, it’s teh same thing.

True but irrelevant, since according to “Teh True Christians”, neither his Northern Irish father (presumably Roman Catholic or Anglican) or Jewish mother follow the One True Religion(tm) either.

Mikayla:

Cool. He didn’t say ‘atheist’ but I’ll accept ‘not religous’ any day.

It’s all fun until someone prefixes it with “spiritual but”.

By: Mikayla

Mikayla — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:21:13 +0000

Cool. He didn’t say ‘atheist’ but I’ll accept ‘not religous’ any day.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:34:59 +0000

To check out other famous atheists, agnostics, and plain old "non-religious"/Ambiguous, check out the Celebrity Atheists website. And, Lily, thanks for the info on Skandar Keynes. That's great to know. Thanks, Hemant, for posting your blog entry!

By: Corey Mondello

Corey Mondello — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:46:58 +0000

Well either way, if anyone knows him, tell him I am looking for him…if he needs a place to stay if he is ever in the Boston Massachusetts area, I have room….

By: ATL-Apostate

ATL-Apostate — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:38:14 +0000

I am curious as to if there are many famous and “straight out” atheists. This is obviously besides the obvious Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, etc. Basically people who’s main claim to fame comes from something else besides their atheism.

Penn Jillette

Don’t know if that’s famous enough or not, but his claim to fame is being a magician, and a damn fine entertainer.