Irreverence isn't bigotry, because ideas and beliefs are not people.

[humblebum]

72. Some magnificent spin there. But you will notice that I

did not say ALL atheists. You simply chose to ignore the word "generally." I'll stay with my opinion, thanks.

And, you said, " I suspect this is because you don't really understand the mindset that leads to atheism." - Like I said earlier, I was associated with a group of campus atheists many years ago before it became as common as it is today. Unless you are rather advanced in years, I have probably had more experience with non-belief than yourself. No offense intended. When you are using terms like "thinking process" (which you claim I brought up first, but have yet to see where) and "mindset", you are dealing with equivocation. As such, your denial of this and labeling of that really amounts to you confusing yourself. I feel quite comfortable with what I have said.