Uploaded June 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I respect and understand Neil deGrasse Tyson's desire to distance himself from atheism, but I have to call him out on his reasoning.

Tyson talks agnosticism:

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Atheist or Agnostic? (Big Think)
youtube.com/watch?v=CzSMC5rWvos

The Agnosticism of Neil deGrasse Tyson
youtube.com/watch?v=U0jLb9ooXgM


Music
Artist: Roy Budd
Track: Getting Nowhere In A Hurry (instrumental)
Album: Get Carter Soundtrack
youtube.com/watch?v=WEFLyvTsAqs

Artist: Air France
Track: No Way Down
Album: No Way Down EP
youtube.com/watch?v=WV6DaTQUy5g

Videos

W C Fields - The Temperance Lecturer
youtube.com/watch?v=K9kTBGZlcYQ

Conscientious Objector
youtube.com/watch?v=SdJiJ53TexI

Bill Hicks on Smoking
youtube.com/watch?v=dD8bsfggCuo

Mum, I'm... a Vegetarian - John Bishop's Britain - Series 2 - Episode 2 - BBC One
youtube.com/watch?v=b-NyB_pbsE8

Abstinence Panties?!
youtube.com/watch?v=RyzTlJedQYE


Links
The Pioneer Total Abstinence Organisation
http://www.pioneerassociation.ie/

War Resisters' International
wri-irg.org/from-off.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Resisters_International

Advocates for Youth
advocatesforyouth.org/index.php

Virginology (the lunatic fringe!)
virginology.org/virgins-until-marriage.eu

Non-Smokers Rights Association
nsra-adnf.ca/cms/page1380.cfm



Can you add to this list of words? Tell me in the comments, please:
Teetotaller, Temperance, Vegetarian, Vegan, Virgin, Celibate, Abstinence, Non-smoker, Conscientious Objector, Pacifist.