Sartre1

I will indeed seek to avoid the 5 "d"'s in the future. As you have no doubt gathered, there has been some, ahem, antagonism in the past with some members. I truly wish to put this behind because it is counter productive and a complete waste of everyone's time. To start the dialogue with "statements", let me say that I have been a relatively militant atheist for 40 years or so. I am the father of two young women who are, what I refer to as, second generation atheists. While I can occasionaly be drawn into metaphysical arguements, my daughters consider the entire issue absurd. I am extremeley proud of both of them. To them any conversation concerning god is on a par with the proverbial "how many angels can fit on the head of a pin" discussion.