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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Sep 3, 2014, 01:14 PM Sep 2014

Victor Stenger, atheism’s ‘fifth horseman,’ is dead

Kimberly Winston

(RNS) The atheist community is mourning the death of Victor Stenger, a prominent physicist who championed rooting out religion from the public sphere and was best-known for quipping: “Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.”

Stenger, who also graced a very short list of authors who hit the New York Times best-seller list writing about atheism, died Aug. 25 in Hawaii. He was 79.

Atheist, skeptic and science blogs, in the U.S. and in England, were filled with tributes and remembrances over the long holiday weekend.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/09/03/84814/

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Victor Stenger, atheism’s ‘fifth horseman,’ is dead (Original Post) hrmjustin Sep 2014 OP

Ugh, skip the comments section. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #1

People can be cruel. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #2

AtheistCrusader

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1. Ugh, skip the comments section.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 02:55 PM

Sep 2014

Well, the top post is a nice sentiment, anyway.

hrmjustin

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2. People can be cruel.

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 02:57 PM

Sep 2014

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