(September 27, 2010 at 6:39 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(September 27, 2010 at 5:51 pm)chasm Wrote: Hitler and Stalin both believed in God.Well, according to Adherents.com, there were a lot of Christians among our founding fathers, but it should probably go without saying that most of them understood the need for keeping church and state separate.
The Founding Father's were deists (they didn't believe in the Christian God), atheists at best. (I'm saying that because you can disprove his "all great leaders" & "all US presidents" thing).
As for a list of Famous Atheists, it appears that Adherents has linked to a Wikipedia article that includes several lists of famous atheists. Granted, the list of "great world leaders" does seem to leave a lot to be desired, but it appears that there's a lot of artists, writers, actors, and the like who seem to have made it on the list.
I think the lack of world leaders declared as Atheists is simply political. I'd guess many are but it would be political suicide to say so.
