re: #46 Walter L. Newton

My statement is honest, but I realize I can’t get my way all the time. But I’m not going make statements like you suggested just to be more ecumenical.

Fair enough. I actually tend to agree with you — I’m an atheist who long since stopped equivocating by saying I was an “agnostic.” That having been said, I also think the propensity to believe in a higher power is built into our psyche, and some non-trivial segment of humanity will always tend towards inventing something to scratch that itch.

So rather than waiting forever for the rest of the world to think my way, I’m willing to accept a rational alternative: that people can believe in whatever god they want, but as long as they keep it out of public policy, (and thus out of my life), the practical effect will be the same.