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Winston Churchill was once asked how long he spent preparing his speeches. Adapting Mark Twain, he replied “If you want me to deliver a two minute speech, I should like a fortnight to prepare; if you would like me to speak for two hours, I am ready to begin right now!” This leaves us wondering how long Winston would have spent preparing 140 characters for a world-wide audience.

How many times have we heard it? Atheism isn’t a religion; it isn’t a movement; it isn’t a community; it doesn’t have a creed; it has no leaders, no rules and no beliefs; it has no prescribed philosophy; no this, no that and no the other.