"You don't have to believe anything, and no-one here is trying to make you."
Religion has been forced onto us all atone time or the the other, mainly at a time when we were least able to deal with it in a rational manner.
Now that this situation is changing, it is essential that we are able to debate it whenever we have the opportunity.
Discussions like this are such an opportunity for both sides to state their case - if you don't feel that you wish to, fair enough - please don't stand in the way of those who do.
A Dave has just pointed out, this thread was started by a believer; what are we expected to do, stay silent, as we always have?
Those days are long gone, I'm pleased to say.
Jim Carroll