How can they hate something they don't believe in? That's like hating the tooth fairy.

You can't "hate" what you don't believe is REAL.

I don’t think they hate god.  They just don’t believe god exists.

There is a difference between someone who hates God! (Someone who believes God exists but for personal reasons hates God himself!) And an atheist who doesn’t believe a God exists!

How can one hate something one doesn’t believe in??

irony is when you  can view Adam Smith's grave for free , but you  have to pay to  see Karl  Marx's grave ...

W. C. Fields' real name was William Claude Dukenfield. His alcoholic father kicked him out of the house and onto the street when he was 11.  He supported himself juggling, then began adding comic relief to his routine. Later, he drove ice wagons for a living. He was always looking for ways to save money, and one day, while delivering ice to a tavern, he noticed that there was a free lunch table. For the purchase of a single 5 cent beer, he could eat from the free lunch table all he wanted. That is why he became an alcoholic, to the point that he gave up his rented room and began sleeping in his ice wagon. He got fired for it. He started performing in theaters, and shortened his name to his initials and dropped the first half of his surname.

Charles Darwin's Grandfather was a (traditional) Unitarian Minister.  His wife was also Unitarian,  His grandfather described "Unitarianism as a feather bed for falling Christians."    Darwin delayed publication of "The Origin of Species" --,for twenty years,  partly because of the Religious furor he knew would result.  BTW, nothing in it by the way about the origin of Life itself.

God has an ironic sense of humor.

Lenin wasn't just embalmed, he was loaded with poisons to protect his body and make an autopsy impossible. The rumors are still around that Stalin had him poisoned because he wasn't moving fast enough to impose Communism. Once Stalin seized power the mass killings began.

Doesn't matter over time even these will be forgotten and no one will remember them or their ideology.

I’m an atheist. Don’t hate god. What’s to hate. Nothing to hate.

In 1970 I was crashing at the youth hostel in Highgate, close to the cemetery nearby, when I was told that Karl Marx’s gravestone had just been bombed. I decided not to visit the cemetery afterwards afraid that another bomb explosion would take place.

I once saw a documentary on Lenin's tomb. It showed Lenin, as if asleep, hands resting on his chest. with his head elevated. A close-up of his hands showed the skin flaking away from his fingertips.

Agree, how can you hate someone who doesn't  exist.

The "loopholes" joke is usually as attributed to Mark Twain, though Fields may have used it as well.

Hemingway loved cats. In Florida, at his home, there are many 6-toed cats, descended from one female cat with 6 toes that was given to him by a sailor.

Excellent comment!

You've done your research, the 1st 30 minutes jibs with my lifetime of acquired knowledge. It's too long though, while being  interesting the topic inclines to deep contemplation. I'd suggest presenting this as a series. 30 minutes seems about right too. This 1st 30 could serve as a top10 or whatever. I'm old and forgetful so no promises but I'll be back.

Who would want to visit any of these graves?