Word: atheism
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...more comfortable talking about his atheism in interviews than he was exploring the mysteries of his films. He was so adamant about his position that he boasted of a spiteful prank he hoped to pull on his "atheist, communist" friends. When he knew he was about die, he stated "I will call a priest, confess loudly, accuse myself of everything, say I believe in God and tell them to take my death as an example. 'You've shared my sinister beliefs,' [I'll tell them,] 'look at how I die.' And then I'll die and go straight to hell...
...days shy of his 75th birthday, another golden period in the limelight, making a publicity tour for The Golden Age. A revival of The Best Man, his hit 1960 play about infighting at a national political convention, has just opened on Broadway. And despite Vidal's deeply held atheism, there must be a God, or god, showering his current visibility with reflected glory. A distant cousin (fifth, Vidal thinks) is the Democratic nominee for President. During the party's August convention in Los Angeles, the author told reporters, "I do believe they are nominating the wrong Gore...
...days shy of his 75th birthday, another golden period in the limelight, making a publicity tour for "The Golden Age." A revival of "The Best Man," his hit 1960 play about infighting at a national political convention, has just opened on Broadway. And despite Vidal's deeply held atheism, there must be a God, or god, showering his current visibility with reflected glory. A distant cousin (fifth, Vidal thinks) is the Democratic nominee for President. During the party's August convention in Los Angeles, the author told reporters, "I do believe they are nominating the wrong Gore...
Leaders say the University Choir is more diverse than ever--members' faiths range from Mormonism to Judaism to atheism. Yet the student members arrive at the church by 9:45 a.m. every Sunday morning to sing sacred Christian music to a church full of Protestant worshippers...
...have watched this past "Jesus Week" with interest. Although I am an atheist, I am strongly opposed to proselytizing my beliefs. I believe that religion is a personal matter. It would be crass for me (or other atheists) to attempt to prove that atheism is the highest truth. Proselytizing is simply incompatible with respect for other belief systems...