Piao, I can certainly understand your confusion! You had an honest question that deserves an honest answer. You asked why we in America do not like atheists. Probably there are many atheists in America that want to ask the same thing! Maybe we should do a better job at showing our love to people! I like atheists (the people) just fine, but I do not think atheism is a true belief system. In fact, neither did your ancestors! I have read that China was once a country that believed in one God, Shang Ti. Do you know that your Chinese writing even teaches about God? Please correct me if I'm wrong in what I say next. The Chinese ideograph for "righteous" has an upper and lower part. The upper part is the Chinese symbol for "lamb". Under the...

To the polite David, who self-professes to be one of those mentioned in the above article: I so admire you for the respectful way you phrased your comments! You said, "I would rather deal with people with no religious basis for a moral code who act moral, than with those who believe, but don't act moral." I totally agree with you! But what are we talking about when we say "believe"? Believe what? In God? And would that be the God of the Bible? David (do you mind if I call you that? ;-]), are you interested in discussing this topic further?

Wonderful article! Those are some amazing quotes and worth re-quoting and re-quoting!

Excellent article! Thank you!

roy, if you start hearing voices in your head...see a doctor! ;-) Seriously, I agree with you on the point you'd made about most religions. But even you said, "almost all"! I don't care if you sound cynical as long as you're honest! And I'll be honest with you. What have I to gain by encouraging you to discover if there really is a God? Btw, I'm not one of those who say, "all roads lead to the same destination". That doesn't seem logical at all! In the physical realm, if you start traveling on ANY road it's NOT necessarily going to get you to Boston or Miami or San Francisco or wherever else it is you may want to go! West will not take you east, south will not take you north. These are simple laws of nature (if you want to call it...

roy: It's me again! Do you care to discuss the subject further? I too find it fascinating! But I wouldn't like to be a pest who can't refrain from unwanted chatter! I do have a question for you though. If there WERE a God would you want to know?

roy, You've brought up some great points! I hope no one minds if my butting in on the discussion and adding my two cents worth! You said, "As soon as i bring up whether or not the bible is the word of God they head for the hills." I want to make it known that I believe with all my being that the Bible is the Word of God, 100% accurate, reliable, infallible and true! 2 Peter 3:20,21 - "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from god as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." And yes, if we take part of it, we must take it all! 2 Tim. 3:16 - "ALL Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for...

"Loosey-goosey style of inpretation in which anything goes"!!!!!! THAT'S AWFUL!!!!! She's supposed to be a JUDGE and as a judge that means judging and deciding. How can you make fair and just decisions if you believe that? Who's to say if the man who murdered his wife didn't do so because he was tired of her nagging and his "interpretation" of the Constitution guaranteed him freedom of her? "Anything goes"! Whatever happened to justice?

YESSSS!!! Two can play at their game... after all, solitaire does get a little lonely and I'm SURE they'd like some company! It's time to take a stand, to make a change, to fight! In the words of Michael Jackson (and 3 words of my own), "We are the world, we are the children. We are the ones who make a better day so let's" not give in!