Daniel Radcliffe, a.k.a. Harry Potter, is an Atheist.
Of course we already knew that Dumbledore is gay, and of course the Harry Potter books and movies include sorcery and other such “unwholesome” stuff. Now Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter in the movies, has openly admitted his atheism. Well, if he was trying to find something more disturbing to the wingnuts than going full frontal on stage he found it.
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In a pronouncement that will dismay America’s religious Right, which has long voiced suspicions about Potter’s “anti-Christian” message, the 19-year-old actor said he did not believe in God.He also expressed his admiration for Professor Richard Dawkins, the prominent atheist and bete noir of Evangelical Christians.
Radcliffe has been reticent on the subject of religion in the past, but in an interview to promote the latest instalment in the film franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on July 15, he said: “I’m an atheist, but I’m very relaxed about it. I don’t preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do. Anything he does on television, I will watch.”
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Cue demands from the RRRW for books to be burned and the latest HP movie to be banned from local theaters.
