Dear o sung wu,

David Hume, a wise Scottish philosopher, said "Reason is the slave of the passions." Our opinions are the product of our background - our ethnic group, our religion or lack of it, where we live, what we do for a living, who we know and a lot of things that have nothing to do with our analysis of the situation. Then we use our intellect to justify those opinions. If I had lived the life you've lived and had your background my opinions would be similar to yours and vice versa.

The exact Hume quote is:

"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."

Hume's works are on Project Gutenberg.

Dear Fester,

You wrote, "The one truth that I hope people gain from the experience is that being a good or bad person is not defined by your opinion of a particular matter."

How many religious people think an atheist is a bad person? How many atheists think a religious person is a bad person?

Dear David,

Atheism is a non prophet organisation.

Foxy you made me groan. For that one you should be made4 to stand in the corner for an hour wearing the "SMART ASS" cap.

Hi Hassie,

I've already got a cap that says - SASSY
on it - does that count? And another with - YES!

For the record, Atheism is about truth.
I imagine a True Atheist sees religious people as humans being conned and scammed.
But worse.
The religious give the impression they are allowing this to happen.
They are persons who want to be conned and scammed?
Perhaps they are too frightened to live in the natural world?
Its reality is too much for them to think about?
They prefer to live in a story world, where nothing needs to be out of place.
Imagination is a wonderful thing?