Hello, I am a 19 year old non-religious theist that

came from a liberal xian background. I live in

Canada(British Columbia, actually. Hiya neighbour).

No, I'm not going to drool over your site, or damn you

to hell, so this probly won't appear on your page

publically(which of course is an attempt to get it

there. Or is it? *G*). Anyways, I thought I'd give you

some background information so you can take whatever I

say with that grain of salt.

Before most things, I believe in tolerance. Your site

clearly does not promote tolerance, and it posits that

atheism is a "true" position, something I thought you

would have found despicable after X number of

christians have said it. You also imbue more into

atheism than what is there "Atheism has taken over as

the world's intellectual authority." Atheism is, as

I'm sure you know, (a) a lack of belief in

god(s)(deities), or (b) the belief in the

non-existence of god(s)(deities). That is all.

Anything else you attribute to atheism will be imbued

and a generalization. "Atheists, (and free thinkers,

agnostics and humanists) are people whose fundamental

way of being, is to ask questions and to doubt

everything." -- This is not exclusively atheist.

Otherwise we'd still only have on sect of

Christianity, indeed, only one religion. You are

assuming characteristics into atheism that aren't

necessarily there, just to support your position.

Don't worry, this isn't unique. It happens in many

different world views. "Church dogma and the influence

of priests that dictate procreation are more to be

feared than just irrational beliefs in gods." If this

is your only argument, it is indeed a weak one. It is

no basis to call for the destruction of all religion.

Indeed, your use of words on the page reveal, or

imply, that you have nothing but contempt for religion

or religious people, which is *itself* a dangerous

attitude. Your chain of "Why religion causes all the

bad things in the world" is faulty and precarious.

Bertrand Russell was naive in his perception, and I

would suggest, respectfully, that you may be as well.

I have a simpler and more substantial chain for you.

Intolerance(within the laws of reciprocity), which

included anti-religionism, created friction(amongst

ppl and in society). Friction creates Hate. Hate

creates violence.

I am at school right now, but I will save your email

addy and website addy so I can send you an anology I

wrote concerning the destruction of analogy. I think

it illustrates my views quite well. It will be called

analogy.doc - if you suspect it because of viruses(I

saw the victoria.exe skam), I will be disappointed,

but I will understand.

I sincerely hope that you will reply, and that we can

discuss in this matter in clear and rational terms. I

think this is an important issue in our world's

future, and I'm deeply concerned about it.

virgio.