>>>I don't think it's generally fair to judge someone on just one aspect of their existence. <<<

Smokey,

That is hokem, plain and simple. You pray every day, you get on your knees, You say grace, You say "God Bless." You read the bible. All for a delusion but you are not delusional?

I have you say you have a unique and very compartmented way of seeing things.

>>You want to take this position because it paints atheists as saying that anyone who believes in God is a deluded person.<<<

Yes! Steveo! Yes! I believe that is what Dawkins is saying in his book. I believe that he would like to Christain and Muslim and Jewish kids taken away from their parents if the parents insist on raising their kids in that faith. He thinks it is child abuse to pass on the delusion. I think that he thinks you can learn a mental illness in Sunday school. Frankly Steveo, from some of the things you have said, I don't think you and he a far apart.

And you may think that Atheism is a small part of your life, and it may be, but it is not that way for a believer.