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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

[1899-1961] American author

"All thinking men are atheists." A Farewell to Arms

On page 144 of Paul Johnson's book Intellectuals, it states that despite being raised in a strict Congregationalist houshold, Ernest "did not only not believe in God but regarded organized religion as a menace to human happiness", "seems to have been devoid of the religious spirit", and "ceased to practise religion at the earliest possible moment."