> specifically the anti-atheists I am not one of those. I think the Bible actually specifically teaches that this is not the case due to something called the "

> specifically the anti-atheists I am not one of those. I think the Bible actually specifically teaches that this is not the case due to something called the "common grace." There's a Wikipedia article about it here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_grace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_grace). You can pull that out next time you meet an anti-atheist from the Christian camp (although I have never met someone like that). Also the wars in the name of deities thing is bull. I am not a student of history, but in the secular school I attended growing up the history books typically taught that these wars were normally based on geopolitical aspirations. IF you believed the "wars in the name of deities" argument, you might be tempted to believe that Muslim extremism was the cause of recent terrorist bombings (buying into the "they hate our freedom" line of thought), but that too is false. Those bombing us are doing so because of specific actions that our country has taken against their people, like keeping military bases in Saudi Arabia, oppressing the people of Iran, and other things we have done.