Religion is important, no matter what your personal beliefs. It is so enmeshed with our history that there's no way to understand what we are without perspective on religion.

As a non-religious person since I was 'about' 18-19, I have read far more scripture(s) than I did while attending church, and have an appreciation for the values in it as manifested in its best adherents, as well as for the problems and awkwardnesses I find.

Last night, Keith Olbermann asked Penn Gillette, the atheist 'magician' 5 questions from he survey...he got them all right...and so did I.

(If I remember right, Latin Catholics fared the worst on the survey)