Steve Shaw
Perhaps Snail would articulate ... where there is any hint of "religiosity" in anything I say.

Well, "It's a great truth is a good start. That's the sort of thing God botherers say; it has no place in science. You're OK with the Logical Positivism are you?

Trouble is, I go away for a weekend of beer, women and song and things move on.

Steve Shaw
I don't know any of these atheists you refer to who are in possession of certainty.

I can only think of one. For someone who has banged on about evolution being TRUE it seems odd to claim that you are not "in possession of certainty".