Nicole, I was in no way offended by what you wrote. It is your thread and you can write and feel and believe whatever you want. I just saw an opportunity to comment on something that has been weighing heavily on me and I believed from your writings and sensitivities that you would understand where I was coming from and hoped you would take no offense.
I am not an atheist, but I it feel no differently about their choice than I do about that of a Muslim, Jewish person, Christian, Buddhist, etc. I always say that because I don’t practice any of them, I can support the right of others to believe in any of them. I simply do not like the devisivsness that often comes with it. I am not talking about telling someone you will pray for them, or recounting a lssson or a favorite verse.
I don’t want to call out anyone in particular, but I am uncomfortable when one believes he is more enlightened, or more deserving or more righteous because he practices a given faith. A little tolerance is all, a recognition that we each carry our own crosses as it were, and just remembering that in our search for community and support, we are more alike than different.
