What was supposed to be a touchy-feely, one-on-one interview by Oprah Winfrey with long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has morphed into a broader, sometimes angry exchange about what it means to be an atheist.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month Winfrey, 59, hosted Nyad on \u201cSuper Soul Sunday,\u201d\u009d her weekly talk program on cable\u2019s Oprah Winfrey Network. Nyad, 64, recently completed a 53-hour solo swim from Cuba to Florida.<\/p>\n
During the hourlong segment, Nyad declared herself an atheist. She then explained, \u201cI can stand at the beach\u2019s edge with the most devout Christian, Jew, Buddhist, go on down the line, and weep with the beauty of this universe and be moved by all of humanity. All the billions of people who have lived before us, who have loved and hurt and suffered. So to me, my definition of God is humanity and is the love of humanity.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n