[Elsie]

To me the statement - There is no God - is just a statement of fact.

Or is it opinion?

Do you have any data, evidence to show us?

[b_sharp]

I admit, it is an opinion, simply because of the difficulty in proving the nonexistence of the supernatural. However, every time science allows us to see further into nature's nature it corrects another primitive explanation expressed in the Bible. My view of the Bible is as a set of beliefs that explain what, at the time, was inexplicable by any means other than superior beings. It is also a compilation of (centuries old oral) cultural history and values.