My first comment here (as an Atheist) would have to do with the fact that: If you believe in the Christian "creation" story you don't believe that the world is

My first comment here (as an Atheist) would have to do with the fact that: If you believe in the Christian "creation" story you don't believe that the world is 4.5 billion (give or take a few hundred) years old. This would be a fairly significant problem for someone calling himself or herself a scientist yet while being a religious person. The bigger thing for me is that I see no facts surrounding it. So, I see people that I know taking this on faith and that, to me, is a fundamental flaw in their thinking. I think most people out there understand why religion exists and I agree with many of your points here but I still believe that it is fundamentally wrong. Humans used to believe lightning and fire was caused by a god until we understood what actually caused it. Give it a few thousands years and I think we'll be much further along. This is not to say that I go out of my way to attack it but I surely will fight if someone presses it on me.