Hey Darwin:

My pertinent facts - female, 29, Australian living in Canada, Science

Student.

I would suggest I am an atheist but I must point something out.  My family

is Jewish.  Well the ones that survived the Nazis are, most of them were put

to death for their religion.  That bothers me, but I digress.  The so called

God of the Christians is not the God of the Jews.  The Christian God

believes that man is sinful or some such... the Jewish God however, has no

conception of his followers as sinners or even people in need of redemption

or any of that.  He just wants his followers to be nice to each other and

enjoy life.  He wants people to enjoy stuff like sex and wine and all that

stuff the Christian God thinks is naughty.  The Jews have one God, the

Christians at last count were up to three.  The Jews do not have a "New"

testament since only the Christians believe in the stuff contained therein;

it is kind of insulting to Jews to call their book "Old".

So this might seem a little silly for an atheist to write (kind of like

saying Santa Claus is different from Father Christmas or some other invented

character) but on behalf of my family, I feel it is worthwhile to point out

that Christians and Jews do not share the same God from an ideological

perspective.  Either belief is irrational to me, but hey, as long as my

ducks are in a row - and I can avoid the religious nuts, my life is

travelling smoothly!  Thank God!

Regards,