OT: Joss Whedon the Atheist

["Howard Russell" <howardrussell2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Angie,

I did a Google on '"joss whedon" atheist' and this is what I found:

On December 15, 1998 the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" official posting  
board, series creator Joss Whedon provided some background on an episode  
of the show which featured some religious themes:
[...] Was it God? Well, I'm an atheist, but it's hard to ignore the idea  
of a "christmas miracle" here (though the PRAY on the marquee was an  
unintentional coincidence). The fact is, the Christian mythos has a  
powerful fascination to me, and it bleeds into my storytelling.  
Redemption, hope, purpose, santa, these all are important to me, whether I  
believe in an afterlife or some universal structure or not. I certainly  
don't mind a strictly Christian interpretation being placed on this  
episode by those who believe that -- I just hope it's not limited to that.
--http://www.celebatheists.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joss_Whedon

The Onion: Is there a God?
Joss Whedon: No.
O: That's it, end of story, no?
JW: Absolutely not. That's a very important and necessary thing to learn.
--http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=3837&f=1

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of  
devotion.
--http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/josswhedon181877.html

"I, myself, am an atheist," Whedon says. "I'm fascinated by faith,  
although I have none, myself."
--http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,274|80982|1|,00.html

Joss Whedon has said time and time again that he is an atheist and that he  
tries not to let his lack of religious belief infiltrate his television  
shows.
--http://www.slayage.com/articles/000080.html

Your fellow Atheist,
Howard
--
"I contend that we are both atheists.  I just believe in one fewer god  
than you do.  When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible  
gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
--Stephen Roberts

http://www.geocities.com/howardrussell2000/


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