1. I'm an atheist, BUT . . .

Comment #17882 by barney_bonehead on January 17, 2007 at 8:58 am

I'm an atheist, BUT...only because I'm a pantheist. It works out. I get the best and worst of both worlds, I guess.

I also think something very much like a an immensely powerful personal "God" who takes an active interest in human affairs exists. It's fine to be an atheist, but it's unreasonable to expect everyone to stop believing in anything like that, period, because (like Mr. Dawkins himself says) it's a scientific endeavor. He may choose not to search for God on grounds that "God doesn't exist" -- likewise I could sit in a room, refuse to go outside, and claim that the sky doesn't exist. There are those who believe in God for the sake of humanity's progression.