(August 17, 2011 at 7:20 pm)Godnose Wrote: There wasn't anyone else suitable. Like I said.Before. You know. In my very first post? "The only person I found I was able to get any kind of useful support from was the minister of the local church, with whom I was at the time only very slightly aquainted."
I don't know what country you're from or what you wanted advice on but here's some examples of secular people/organisations you could go to for advice in the UK;
GP
NHS direct
Citizens Advice Bureau
Friends
Family
Internet forums
Anonymous internet chatrooms
Internet support chatrooms
Wikipedia
Yahoo Answers (just kidding!)
Plenty more I'm sure. The fact is that you chose to talk to a priest, there's always another option.
The idea of having an appointed atheist to dish out advice is not an idea that appeals to me at all. Who's to say whether their advice would be better than anyone else's?