Gibo! Sorry mate! I don't believe in him either. If you would like a little crash course on anthropology, I would be more than glad to tell you were the devil and hell comes from, but you wont like it! but they do occupy the same area.

EVO

I don't mind if my religion is childish. That way I can be a child of God.

Steel Mann: << I don't mind if my religion is childish. That way I can be a child of God. >>

You mean, as in "the" Children of God?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_God

It may be childish, childlike or infantile to believe in a deity of some description. It may even be a sign of being un-educated or un-worldly but here is one thing that cannot be denied. At some point in our adult life we yearn either secretly or publicly for the simplicity of youth, believing in a deity, an imaginary friend as one poster put it, if viewed in this light it is not silly or childish. At some point in our life we all need someone or something to take the load off our backs to allow us to find our feet and give us a break from what can be a very depressing and harsh life. Religion can give this support, as in my experience the next door neighbour or the guy down the street, even friends and relatives (both religious and atheist) either have too much in their own lives or are too afraid to get involved to help others out with their problems.

Secondly, the universe is vast, most do not realise how vast it really is. Our own galaxy is 100 thousand light years across yet it is a mere pin point of light when the universe is viewed in its entirety. To believe that all that we can see, hear, taste, touch and smell is all that there is, is to misunderstand the universe itself. Radio, X-rays and other electromagnetic phenomena cannot be seen with the naked eye yet they exist. The head of the New York patent office declared early last century that everything that could be invented has been, yet we sit in front of computers reading each others comments even now. To declare there is no God, no deity out there in this vast universe is to declare the totality of ignorance. Whether this deity cares for us is another matter, all that can be said for now is that we have no evidence either way.

CJ

I suggest that Bill Henson and his supporters are more akin to the 'children of God' than follows of Christ!

"To declare there is no God, no deity out there in this vast universe is to declare the totality of ignorance".

I think I know what you mean by this. By the same token to declare there is a god is also to declare the totality of ignorance. I only learned about it from someone else Arthur; it wasn't self-evident. Still isn't.