[FastCoyote]

"mideval superstitious religious non-sens"

You miss the point. It isn't religion that drives them, because belief or disbelief has not a heck of a lot to do with salvation of ones soul. Whether we were created by evolution or a sudden act, we still have to deal with the same questions, we still need the Ten Commandments, it is still bad to kill and steal and fornicate.

Unfortunately, what we are really seeing is people so fearful of looking at the world God gave us, that they have to claim everyone else is a sinner. It's quite sad, really. And as an engineer I actually believe there are ample mechanisms for intelligent design.

[blam]

"You miss the point. It isn't religion that drives them, because belief or disbelief has not a heck of a lot to do with salvation of ones soul. Whether we were created by evolution or a sudden act, we still have to deal with the same questions, we still need the Ten Commandments, it is still bad to kill and steal and fornicate."

I agree. I have the 10 commandments on the wall in my bedroom...and, I used to have it displayed on a granite block in my state capitol.

[miloklancy]

I respect your believes, but the concept of God means nothing to me. I'm an atheist. All I ask is that you respect my beliefs and don't mingle the very separate worlds of mysticism and modern science. I don't think our society and goverment is too skewed towards Christians, like some atheists and agnostics do. I think it is just right. And I do think there is universal good in the Ten Commandments. I'm not on the side of controlling anyone's religous believes and I think anyone he is non-Christian, has to acknowledge and accept that our country was founded by Christians. But let us find common ground and respect one another instead of this zealous arrogance.