I've read over your web-page (just like some others, I stumbled upon it looking for a government page), and I have read over some of the responses you received. I am a Christian, but what you wrote does not offend me so much as sadden me. I don't have any snappy comebacks or intellectual arguements - I just want to let you know one thing......you may have already heard this a thousand times, but God loves you sooooooo much that even though what you wrote broke His heart, He still loves you and there is nothing you can say, do, or write to ever change that. You don't have to believe in Him....He gave us free will for a reason - He wants us to choose to believe in Him and love Him back. A relationship with God wouldn't mean very much to Him or to us if we were "programmed" to do it now would it?

Unfortunately, many are programmed into "churchianity" (a.k.a. religion) from an early age by their parents, their culture, etc. and that's all they know about God - that He's just a religion. And that will lead to nothing but emptiness....I suppose it would be almost worse than not believing in anything at all, don't you think? At least you think that you've got it all down pat - there is no God and that's the end of the story for you. That's easier than saying "I've been taught that there is a God all my life, and I've been doing all the things I've been taught to do, but I still can't feel Him". It's actually really interesting when you read the gospels (the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) to see that Jesus was the biggest rebel of His time. He basically wanted to abolish "religion" - He was always being challenged by the religious leaders of the day known as Pharisees, but He always had good and perfect answers to their questions and arguements, and He always spoke of love. It seems to me that that's what religion (as it has come to be known) has forgotten about - love.

All I can say to say to you is that I hope (and I will pray) that you find this love one day soon. What have you got to lose? All you have to do is sincerely say to God "look, I don't know what you're all about, but I'm willing to give you a shot, so if you're really real, please come into my heart to be my saviour, please forgive all my sins, and show me your love". That little prayer has changed millions of lives forever. And don't worry about anything you've done or said in your past against Him, he will forgive you no matter what (trust me, it's in His book - one of many places is Isaiah chapter 1, verse 18: "Come now, let us argue this out", says the Lord. "No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool."). We are all sinners, even Christians, which is why we need to ask for forgiveness daily (and you can do this by yourself, a priest is not required). I've got to tell you that there is no better feeling than having the Lord wrap His arms around you and showering you with love and forgiveness. Knowing that you are at peace with your creator is incredible. It's really real and even you can experience it if you choose to take a chance on Him.

You may not care, but you will be in my prayers. He loves you, and so do I because I have His love in me. Please at least think about trying Him out. I can't promise you that your life will be easy from that point on, but you will definitely have a joy and a peace that you won't be able to explain. And I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty good to me. Good night David, and God bless!