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Randy Newman on afterlife and atheists

E-mail|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Michael Paulson August 27, 2008 12:48 PM

Randy Newman (right), the singer, songwriter, and film score composer, muses about heaven in the new issue of Rolling Stone:

"Sometimes you do think, 'Jeez, it'd be great if there were an afterlife.' Especially if you're sixtysomething, like I am, and you meet someone who's religious, and you think about how they have that faith. I mean, it doesn't make you want to run out and hold up a banner for atheism. What's the point? 'Follow me! Don't believe in an afterlife!'"

(Photo by Andrew Harrer for Bloomberg.)

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