(April 30, 2011 at 11:33 am)Maria Wrote: Hello Matthaios.
Welcome to the forum. I'm new here too.
So you accept evolution, you agree that the universe is close to 14 billion years old, and you don't blow up buildings. Naturally, we atheists automatically assume that all theists are terrorists, so I'm glad you set our minds at rest.
Hello Maria, lovely to meet you. I think you slightly misunderstood the point of what I was saying there, which was that not all religious people are fundamentalist nutcases or hold beliefs for no reason. I think there is a tendency on the part of some atheists (particularly those influenced by the "Four Horsemen") to see all religious believers that way.
Quote:Would it be impolite to ask what is your religion?
It would not be impolite at all - though I have said already that I am a member of the Church of England! (Admittedly there are some agnostics who lurk there, but not many Evangelical agnostics!)