Hello

[Kayenneh]

Thanks for the welcome!

I think even when I was atheist I had a certain sort of love of comparative religion (still do), and learning about all the different traditions and ways of conceiving the divine. Outside of the obvious key issues, like gay rights, I never really was anti-religion, I just didn't see how it was possible. I eventually educated myself into a weak atheism stance (or agnostic atheism if you prefer), then I was sort of a weak off-and-on Abrahamic monotheist and the rest is history.

An atheist once told me I was never really an atheist, I was just a dormant Catholic waiting to awaken. I don't think I have ever been paid a more lovely compliment, even if it wasn't intended that way!

The reason why I wondered, is because I'm curious why well educated persons (being in an university myself, I've come across quite a few) still believe in a deity. I guess it's something so profoundly personal, that I will never understand it, but nevertheless it intrigues me.

Molecular biology, eh? Well, it's always great to have theists here, when talking about certain sciences, who won't come across as stupid and ignorant because they never bothered to look things up or educate themselves.