Peter,

I am "comfortable" as both a humanist and an athiest.

In fact the person who conducted our wedding ceremony was Madelin Murry O'Hare's son.
As you know she was a famous atheist who turned up missing and presummed dead.

Comfortable is probably the wrong word since it is a challenge to hold these beliefs. My creed is seemingly more feared by my neighbors than they are of the muslim woman who lives nearby.

The double standard is palatable. If Bill Frist says stem cell research is good, he is not bad since he is still a god fearing blah blah.
If I say stem cell research is good I am not good because I am a godless blah blah.

With the behavior of my son's principal lately I am becoming more suspect that non believers and their children can and will be punished by the people of faith. I would prefer to believe that stupidity and two faced ass holes are the main cause of silly disputes. But then again it seems they go hand in hand quite often.

The most these people can do is bear false witness against their neighbor or kill them. But their God will forgive them.



(:p)