Well, of course she thought that, Soph! Everyone knows witches all wear broad brimmed hats and green capes...it's a dead giveaway! :-)

Terry K - "Anti-theism" is an expression you use, Terry, not me, so you define it. I would also be fascinated to hear your definition of atheism, so please...enlighten us.

Keep in mind that a given word means only what you think it means...to you...and probably means something a bit different to someone else. Thus the word "God" may mean a mythical concept to one person, an omnipotent wrathful heavenly deity with a long white beard to another, and an impersonal force of nature to a third...etc...unto an infinite number of possible interpretations.

As for: "I just find it pathetic that otherwise intelligent people can believe that their particular brand of mumbo jumbo can have any effect on another person. Yeah, that's what I think too, when I hear priests, politicians, scientists who are enamoured of some arcane pet theory of their own (like Desmond Morris, fore example), life insurance salesmen, and psychiatrists spouting their favourite jargon...it's certainly pathetic all right! They DO manage to affect some people though...but they don't affect clever and highly intelligent people like you and me, now...do they? (*sarcasm)

- LH