OK kids. The bottom line is we think what we think. We feel how we feel and as long as no one tries to force their beliefs (political or spiritual) on me, I respect their right to think what they think and feel what they feel. 

Wars are fought over this stuff, and they shouldn't be. From early Rome, to the Crusades, to the 3000+ years of shit going down in the middle east, and even the Holocaust. It all needs to stop. Someone else believing in what *I* call "an invisible man in the sky" doesn't hurt me. If it works for anyone, and gives them peace and a sense of something greater than them, so be it. MY problem is when others try to force their morality on someone else, and in doing so, they mistreat others not exactly like them.

State & Religion need to be separate for exactly these reasons. No one group has the right to be judge, jury and executioner over someone else based on their religious background, or lack thereof. Law should be neutral in this regard specifically because people have been arguing this point since the beginning of civilization. Ancient Egypt had many gods, and one Pharaoh wanted there to be only the Sun God. Y'all get my point?

Instead of everyone fighting about this issue, people should rally and fight the true injustices in the world, instead of trying to shove their beliefs down the throats of others. There are too many things we KNOW are wrong - hunger, homelessness, people dying of diseases because they can't afford treatment, people losing jobs due to international outsourcing, etc.

And for the record, I admire and respect Gandhi, Mother Theresa, MLK, Buddha, and the *idea* of Jesus (original hippie - peace & love, y'all).