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I'm still very much an atheist, except that I don't necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. So, that's a weird thing that I'm struggling with that seems to be offending both atheists and people that are religious.

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Patton Oswalt
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 27
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