>Even mine? <g>

Yes - very eloquently put. I do draw the line at threatening people's lives though (you may or may not have been doing so, but that's the way it came across).

Obviously something in your life happened to change your point of view, maybe that will happen to me one day, & I will have to make a fundamental reassessment of my beliefs. Maybe then, I will be more in agreement with you, maybe not, but I do believe that people should stay true to their own beliefs, regardless of the prevailing situation. (That is not to say there are not times when it is necessary to review those beliefs).

I do not believe that man is intrinsically good or evil, they are both subjective terms that can be twisted to suit the individual or group of individuals. Not believing in a god, or any sort of after life, I believe that we've got one shot at living a good life, no possibility of redemption.