> Now, that last is one of the standard slanders against atheism. I > hereby take offense. Can we take the rant as read, though? Trying to > keep a civil tone and all. Although I will stoop to correcting > spelling: "religion". I have to agree. Atheism does get quite a bit of flak. The only reason I'm not one myself, is that it's still taking a firm stand on something that I can't see as being proven, one way or the other. But that's just me. I try to deal only in fact (which is why I'm such a cocky bastard...:) Chris "You know why I like talking about the Kennedy assasination? Because to me, it's a great archtype example of how the totalitarian government who rules this planet partitions off information in such a way that we, the masses, are forced to base our conclusions on erroneous... Oh, I'm sorry. Wrong meeting..." ~ Bill Hicks, Comedian of the Highest Order