"....because the morally responsible atheist is far better tuned into higher purpose, whether he identifies it as that or not."

well, I guess I get a 7.046 out of 10 in your ranking, LH...that ain't bad! *grin*

we seem to agree on certain premises, but diverge on the interpretaion & implications. "... how do we go about expressing it?"....I see no need to even USE words like God and "higher purpose" when I have no idea what they might refer to except circular linguistic references. I see amazing things in the universe, and I am in total awe at the complexity of it all and wish I could live a million years to see what we might learn..(and meet 'others' from "out there"=no fair you having all the fun!)...but I have this deep reluctance to assume much about any ultimate meaning or causality.

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