So after almost 1,000 posts it is clear, as I and others have noted more than once, that militant atheism, as seen in all its brilliance on this very thread (imagine that!) and fundamentalism have in common that they both assert more certainty than is justified in the the field they both purport to address.

The main difference appears to be that atheism has perfectly wretched music-- (always excepting the glory that is Frank Zappa)--,while music strongly endorsing belief contains many of the cultural peaks of civilization, as well as scads of merely great music.

Small wonder that sensible folks like Bill D, if given the chance to hit a button which would eliminate all religion, would not in fact hit the button.

But perhaps we should not give some of our eminent, if less stable, posters access to the button.