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Ricky Gervais

2011-10-09T21:31:36Z

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'''Ricky Gervais''' is an English [[comedian]], [[author]] and [[actor]] famous for having developed [[The Office]], a popular British [[sitcom]] that was later remade for the [[USA]]. His most recent TV Show was [[Extras]], shown on the BBC and HBO, it lasted for two seasons.

He is also known for his [[stand-up comedy]], which is notable for treading an extremely fine line between irony and downright offensiveness. So far he has released three stand-up perfomances on DVD. The first is called Animals followed by Politics and, most recently, Fame.

Gervais is an outspoken atheist. While hosting the 2011 Golden Globes, he concluded a string of jokes by saying "I would like to thank God, for making me an atheist".

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Sam Harris

2011-10-09T20:53:31Z

JHollis:

[[File:Sam Harris 01.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Sam Harris]]
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'''Sam Harris''' is an [[American]] [[author]] and [[atheist]]. [[Sam Harris]] is one of the founders of the [[New Atheism]] movement. Dr. Harris received a Ph.D. in [[neuroscience]] from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and is also a graduate in philosophy from [[Stanford University]]. He wrote two controversial, but New York Times best seller books, ''The End of Faith'' and ''Letter to a Christian Nation''. He has written essays such as "Science must destroy religion"<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-harris/science-must-destroy-reli_b_13153.html Huffington Post article]</ref>.

== Harris claims atheist is right next to child molester as a designation ==

see also: [[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA]] and [[Views on Atheists]]

Dr. Sam Harris is a founder of the [[New Atheism]] movement. He is quite aware of the stigma surrounding atheism and has even advocated that atheists no longer call themselves atheists.<ref>http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist</ref>

== Gender and racial demographics of Sam Harris' audience ==

''See also:'' [[Western atheism and race]]

According to the web traffic tracking company Quantcast, white males appear to be the group of individuals who are most receptive to [[Richard Dawkins]]' and atheist Sam Harris' message.<ref>http://www.quantcast.com/richarddawkins.net#demographics</ref><ref>http://www.quantcast.com/samharris.org</ref> Survey data and website tracking data of prominent [[atheism|atheists]]' websites indicate that in the [[Western World]], [[Atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women|atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women]].<ref>http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/reports/NONES_08.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.livescience.com/culture/090227-religion-men-women.html</ref><ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_appears_to_be_significantly_less_appealing_to_women</ref> These findings suggest that [[New Atheism]] movement is significant more appealing to white males.

== See also ==

*[[Essay: Where was Sam Harris when the New Atheists needed him?| Where was Sam Harris when the New Atheists needed him?]] - [[satire]]
*[[Women's views of Richard Dawkins]]

== References ==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.tektonics.org/gk/harrisletter.html Letter to a Maladjusted Misotheist]
*[http://www.truefreethinker.com/sam-harris Sam Harrris] by [[True Free Thinker]]

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Ricky Gervais

2011-10-09T20:43:30Z

JHollis:

'''Ricky Gervais''' is an English [[comedian]], [[author]] and [[actor]] famous for having developed [[The Office]], a popular British [[sitcom]] that was later remade for the [[USA]]. His most recent TV Show was [[Extras]], shown on the BBC and HBO, it lasted for two seasons.

He is also known for his [[stand-up comedy]], which is notable for treading an extremely fine line between irony and downright offensiveness. So far he has released three stand-up perfomances on DVD. The first is called Animals followed by Politics and, most recently, Fame.

Gervais is an outspoken atheist. While hosting the 2011 Golden Globes, he concluded a string of offensive and insulting jokes by saying "I would like to thank God, for making me an atheist".

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[[Category:Comedians]] [[Category:Actors]] [[Category:Atheists]]