The Atheist Movement.

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And I will reiterate. None of these, or other prominent atheists are my leaders. I respect them based on the content of their words, not because of who they are.

I respect them in the same way as I respect everyone being good at their trade. They mostly are trained scientists being well versed at what they do. I may even be interested in what they say on atheism, but when I turned into an atheist, the internet wasn't even invented and youtube nothing but a (bad) dream.

I never needed anyone telling me there is no god and why there is no god. Science classes at school, visits to the museum of natural history and looking at the giant skeletons of Dinosaurs did the job just fine. My father always pointed out that they are millions of years old, just like the fossilised shells I used to collect at the shores of the primeval ocean I happen to live on. I used to collect them when I was quite little, again encouraged by my father.