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Letter: I am what I am

Published 23 March 2011

From Martin Hunt

I am frustrated. What by? By having to describe myself as the opposite of something that I am not, rather than what I actually am.

Atheists of the UK unite: in the census due here on 27 March, describe yourself not as “atheist” but as “scientific realist”, to demonstrate what you do believe in, deeply and objectively.

If Jedi knights could get wide recognition in the previous census in 2001, I am sure that scientific realists can now.

Sale, Cheshire, UK

Issue no. 2805 published 26 March 2011

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