"So why the morbid fascination with a discussion about faith or a survey about religion?"
Atheists question - believers accept without question.
Religion is taught as a fact; believers swallow it wholesale, atheists look for a rationale.
The slogan of The Christian brothers is "give me a child of five and I will give you a believer for life."
Here in Ireland we have just become aware of a massive and long-term outbreak of clerical child abuse by Christins using their influence though their position in the church to carry out serial rapes of children. We want to know how they got away with it for so long and on such a scale - oh - and where was their god while all this was taking place?
No mystery, just open your newsaper.
Now let's here your theory.
Jim Carroll