Let me begin by stating that it is not my intent to limit or prohibit anyone's privilege to

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35. If people who believe in some sort of deity choose to believe that the lack

of belief is a belief system, so be it. It is no skin off my teeth.

There is, however a difference in non-belief and non-belief as a form of belief system of its own. Absence of faith is more akin to a vacuum than a system of belief. There is noting there to "disbelieve." I can, however, understand how "believers" have a hard time with the concept. It is not a case of non-believers being an "anti-god cult." As a non-believer, I do not form groups to share and expand my lack of beliefs, nor do I attempt to convert others to my lack of belief. I don't attack religious people, in fact, I feel sorry for them all equally; I know that they don't appreciate it, but it is their problem, not mine.

Many years ago, I attended a lecture given my Dr. Carl Sagan. This was about the time of the release of the Cosmos series, and as I remember it, that was the subject matter. At the end of the lecture, there was a question and answer period. After several questions and answers on the theme of the lecture, a young man rose, and asked Dr. Sagan, "Do you believe in God?" Dr. Sagan replied with a question that completely dumbfounded the questioner, he asked, "Which God?" The questioner was taken off guard and could not articulate an answer. Dr. Sagan's question was a valid response. There must have been thousands of gods through our history. Which of those gods have more or less validity, more or less evidence than the current belief systems? Why is Loki less believable than the God of Abraham?

There have been thousands religions and gods, not thousands of sects of non-believers, we are one...