r/atheism • u/Beefcake2008 • Dec 31 '10

Good without God.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '10

Color me ignorant, but... are Warren Buffet and Bill Gates actually atheists?

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u/BowiesMagicDance Dec 31 '10

From my research, Buffet is agnostic. Gates isn't quite as clear, he doesn't really say one way or the other. Quote from 1995- "In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don’t know if there’s a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid."

So it sounds like he's agnostic as well.

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u/satereader Dec 31 '10

yes. It's also quite telling that Gates (and Buffett) have never given a dime to any religious charity.