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There is a significant difference between having no belief in a God and believing there is no God.

Michael Shermer

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Michael Shermer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 8
Historian Of Science
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Philosopher
Psychologist
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Glendale
California
USA
Michael Brant Shermer
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