I don't particularily believe that God takes any kind of role in our lives. I just kind of think that "he" or "it" set everything in order and that it is up to us to make life better where we can. I thought the same way you do when my cousin died a few years ago. I can't know what makes you feel that way, but I've learned that most people that feel that way do so because something bad happened. Denying the existence of a God is anyone's choice, but it won't make anything any better; but sometimes, for some people, acknowledging that there is a God and a meaning and a purpose can make it better.

Anyways, I wasn't trying to say I have a problem with people being atheists, but how is an atheist saying that a religious person is stupid any different than a religious person saying that an athiest is going to hell? Do atheists hold their disbelief in God as sacred and personal as religious people hold their belief?

Any ways, I wasn't trying to piss anyone off. I just don't see how Elton John can say that religions should be banned, and then bitch about other people trying to ban or criticize things he believes in.

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Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds. I am not a sacrifice on their altars. ... I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask no one to live for me, nor do I live for others. I covet no mans soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.

Ayn Rand, Anthem.