"If some people do debate such things it is because they are interested in the subject"

Exactly! That's why most 'believers' talk about it too, Musket. They're interested in the subject.

Sometimes (certainly not always) I do pause for a moment of silent reflection and thanks before eating a meal. Why? Well, I'm thankful that I got to eat today. I'm thankful to Mother Nature for providing the meal. I'm thankful to the farmers who grew the food and the people who cooked it (if I'm in a restaurant or whatever). I'm just thankful, period. If I think about how thankful I am for half a minute, I find I enjoy the food even more! ;-D (But I don't consider it obligatory to render such thanks...just helpful to increase my awareness of my dependence on the rest of life.)