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Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated.

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Albany
New York
Andrew Aitken Andy Rooney
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Infants
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Atheists
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