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Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:42 am
by Jebus
Are there any? I did a quick search and couldn't find any. Some vegans, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, define themselves as spiritual, whatever that means.

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:47 am
by Volenta
Go through a list of vegans and determine whether they are atheists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vegans

People that I notice right away (who I recognize):
- Darren Aronofsky (didn't know he was vegan, love his movies)
- Brad Pitt
- Brian Greene (also didn't know he was vegan :o)

People I'm doubtful about:
- Natalie Portman (whether atheist or not)
- Douglas Hofstadter (whether vegan or just vegetarian)
- Bill Clinton :P (whether atheist or not)

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:06 am
by miniboes
I made a list of vegan celebrities I like to encourage myself. I assume most are atheist too, but w/e.

Bryan Adams
Casey Affleck
Patrik Baboumian (one of the strongest men in the world)
James Cameron
Ellen DeGeneres
Peter Dinklage
Maneka Gandhi
Al Gore
Samuel L. Jackson
Jared Leto
Jane McGonical
Brad Pitt
Natalie Portman
Prince
"Weird Al" Yankovich
Bill Clinton
Steve-O
Alanis Morissette
Ozzy Osbourne
Mike Tyson
Thom Yorke (Radiohead frontman)
Tom Cruise

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:12 am
by Volenta
miniboes wrote:James Cameron
Definitely an atheist. :lol:

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:22 am
by Jebus
I knew Brad Pitt was atheist but didn't know he was vegan. Too bad he's not more outspoken about veganism as he could have a huge impact.

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:26 am
by miniboes
Jebus wrote:I knew Brad Pitt was atheist but didn't know he was vegan. Too bad he's not more outspoken about veganism as he could have a huge impact.
He would be the perfect ambassador of veganism. Apparently he's pretty passionate too; I read somewhere he get's mad whenever Angelina Jolie or his kids eat meat. Could be complete crap though.

Peter Dinklage voiced a PETA thing called 'meet your meat', that's pretty cool. I didn't watch it because I don't like watching animals suffer and stuff.

It's annoying how much veganism and vegetarianism get mixed up with this sort of thing.

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:29 pm
by Jebus
OK, just did a bit more of research and here is the updated list of celebrity vegan atheists that I have heard of.
Brad Pitt
James Cameron
Bryan Adams
Robin Gibb
Joaquin Phoenix

The following are confirmed vegan and probably atheist (although they never said so publicly as far as I know)
(Pamela Anderson)
(Morrisey)
(Samuel L. Jackson)

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:05 am
by miniboes
Jebus wrote:OK, just did a bit more of research and here is the updated list of celebrity vegan atheists that I have heard of.
Brad Pitt
James Cameron
Bryan Adams
Robin Gibb
Joaquin Phoenix

The following are confirmed vegan and probably atheist (although they never said so publicly as far as I know)
(Pamela Anderson)
(Morrisey)
(Samuel L. Jackson)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vegans

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:55 am
by Jebus
miniboes. sadly very few of the people on the wikipedia vegan list are atheist. Some of them are not even vegan, like Bill Clinton.

Re: Famous vegan atheists

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:17 am
by Neptual
Can't believe I didn't see Paul McCartney on here. He was on PETA's Glass Walls video.