Wow.  I am once again blown away.  Gimme a break.  Wait... I get it.  You

want to free our minds from this terrible doctrine right?  Yah, free us to

believe what you are telling us to believe.  Don't you get that you are

doing exactly what you are all mad about?  What is the difference between

our believing in God and you believing in nothing - it takes the same amount

of faith.  Instead of defining your argument on negation, try putting up a

site on your premises and truths about your beliefs.  I think it would be

pretty hard to find some solid proofs there.  I am a Chistian, and I wasn't

forced to be.  If society is forcing us to do anything, you can bet that

this is to just make money and buy stuff.  To pursue desire satisfaction.

Materialism is rampant and don't try and tell me that this is a Christian

quality.  "Some people are prepared to forget that religion was ever

embraced."  Whats your point?  Guess what, as long as there has been

religion (forever) there have pretty much been a crowd of people who oppose

it.  Nothing new here.  That makes you think about something else - what

else has been around for this long?  Sure, there are countless different

sizes and shapes, but when you get down to it, the idea of God has been

around for ever.  If it was false it would have been abandoned long ago.

This isn't even something you are taught.  People inately feel that there is

something bigger than themselves out there.  Think about this, how can you

think and reason?  That is pretty tough to explain with the big bang.

Consciousness cannot come out of something that has no consciousness (ameno

acids). 

    I'm not even going to try to counter all of your points, and I'm not

going to take any shots at you or get really pissed off.  That's not right

either.  It just looks to me like you have a lot of questions, I'm sure you

want certainty as much as anyone else.  However, your article is blatently

biased, you obviously have done no more resarch on this than actually

finding the verses you wish to use - out of context.  IF you want to

actually educate yourself a little, don't stew over this by yourself with

you apparent bitterness, and read books like Plato's Republic for a start,

and then St. Augustine's Confessions - books 1-9 specifically (St. Augustine

was a devout aetheist for half of his life).  I really do not intend to be

condesending or a huge jerk even though I may have came across that way.  I

sincerely hope you try to look for the answers to your questions instead of

assuming what you know is the truth.  (I know you could say the same for me)

Descartes says that to not make a mistake, you can't let your judgment

exceed your reasoning, letting your will exceed your knowledge.

Thanks for your time.