No need to apologize to me Brickboo. I only spoke up because I mistakenly thought Nigel didn't want the topic discussed anymore and it seemed we were trying to 'back door' our way back into it. As it turns out, he was only responding to those particular threads, not the topic itself. But yeah, you're right; Atheist ARE funny. That's because WE get the joke (that is organized religion).

I'd like to say that I have nothing against religion but that would not be accurate. It stifles our quest for knowledge about the world around us; it substitutes gibberish for logic, reason, and scientific research; it turns neighbor against neighbor; it's used to enslave and control; it diminishes the need to take control of our own lives; it relieves us of personal responsibility by making every action and every response to that action "God's will".

We call ourselves a "Christian nation", yet we make no apology for our historical treatment of Native Americans, or the enslavement of millions of people, or the 'nuking' of millions more. Can you imagine how (our) history would have portrayed that act if an atomic bomb had been dropped on Chicago or New York? But what the heck, 'God is on our side'.

chas