Hey, Guest: Some comments: If you even casually read the thread I started on faith, I believe(whoops... that word again) you'd see that I welcomed all comments, including those by people I consider friends in here who are Atheists, and don't consider that they have faith in anything. (Wolfgang is a friend who stated that point of view.)And I have a real respect for him.

I agree with brucie, too, that a sense of humor is always recommended. No one was putting down your opening statement. As a matter of fact, I was very complimentary about it (which apparently went unnoticed.) You also intermix faith and religion, while I made a patricular point of separating them in the thread on faith. There are people who have a strong faith, but do not hold to any particular religion. I respect them all.

And why is my comment that I see no conflict between an analytical mind and faith off-putting to you? I don't see that as "patronizing" people who don't accept my faith. On the contrary, I have given high praise to people like Bill D, who I find very intelligent and open, who does not believe in God. I have too many loved friends (and family members) who do not believe in God to belittle them or their lives.

Jerry