"Non-belief in God is to embrace the truly awesome wonderment of universal mystery during the brief time we have the chance to do so. "

Yes, the idea that you need Spirituality or Religion to do this indeed specious. Well said,
Blindiver. I enjoy reading your posts.

"Pondering Theology can be great fun - like pondering Myth & Folklore, none of which is actually true, but nevertheless tells us something about the sort of beings we are and the sort of journey we've had in getting to where we are today."

Yes, there is a cultural value in knowing about what the bible(s) say (says). Once you know it, you can see how delusional it is.


" To take such things literally is, I fear, not just to them a considerable disservice, but also ourselves, and (perhaps most importantly) our children by clouding their innocent brains with the darkness of an ancestral ignorance that has no more 'reality' than Quatermass or the Cybermen, and a good deal less entertainment value to boot."

Man, I wish I could express myself as well as you. "The darkness of ancestral ignorance" is poetic and applicable to today's religious belief system.