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Stuart Macdonald & Lee Dalgetty

Edinburgh football legend Graeme Souness became atheist after seeing girl's agony

Graeme Souness has revealed meeting children with a life-limiting skin condition 'changed him as a person'.

The Scottish football legend said he became an atheist after witnessing the effects of epidermolysis bullosa (EB). He came a campaigner for those suffering with the condition, after learning of it at a charity dinner five years ago according to the Daily Record.

He said: “I am now an atheist because I cannot believe there is an almighty that would allow this to happen to one person.”

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