> >course, religion being what it is, the mere possession of "faith" > >lends the believer the absolute certainty that their view is the > >right one, so it doesn't matter to them whether other people might > >believe differently--they are on the side of God. Do you not see > >why this is a worrying thing? > > I do. It is indeed worrying, from you as much as from anyone. It seems > to go with the territory. I don't think that your average atheist holds that it's entirely *impossible* that there's a god. They just don't consider it particularly likely, given the evidence. There is a difference, here. --George -------------------------------------- George Carless ... [log in to unmask] Words are just dust in deserts of sound