Famous Atheists

Emma Thompson

English actress. known for her parts in films like Harry Potter, Nanny McPhee, Sense & Sensibility, and Men in Black 3.

"I'm an atheist; I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Koran, and I refute them. ... I think that the Bible as a system of moral guidance in the 21st century is insufficient, to put it mildly. ... I feel quite strongly that we need a new moral lodestone if we can't rely on what is inside our own selves. Which I think, actually, is pretty reliable."

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Jane Cornwell interviewing Thompson, 'Acting on outspoken beliefs Archived 2012-05-26 at archive.today', The Australian, 15 October 2008, Features, p. 19