Guest: You are a very good writer and moderately good thinker. Too bad we likely won't ever meet, have a beer or two and solve the problems of the world. I am not an 'organized religion' guy. My feelings about it run along the lines of Groucho's statement that he wouldn't belong to any organization that would have him as a member. One's theism or non-theism doesn't really determine how a person will act (behave) in any given situation. I happen to agree with you about the force feeding of dogma. That is also one of the responsibilities of schools in this world. (Schools should teach how to think, but more often than not they teach what to think.) In time the savage beast doth bear the yoke. True that if we look at the Book of Martyrs, history of the dozen or so Crusades, various wars around the world we will find religious beliefs to be tied up in the bundle. But we will also find political beliefs, ethical beliefs, personal beliefs, etc., in the same pile. So, my secular friend, have a good day. You goin' to church or have you been and returned? ;).