icehorse

rofl - fair enough

Oh wait! Now I'm noticing that even though I started out in an outer forum thread, somehow I ended up in an inner forum. Now sure how that happened? In any case, no harm intended - my bad.

Hi Joe, I understand those rules and I agree to them! But again, is it considered polite for me to try to save you back? If not, that's okay, I'm just trying to learn the ropes.

Hi FresnoJoe, I'm new here and I want to be respectful. Let me ask you, if you try to save me, is it considered acceptable for me to try to save you back?

I guess I'd call myself a "spiritual anti-deist", but I'll answer anyway I do believe in the strong separation of church and state, and I can empathize with any non-religious group that doesn't want any of their tax dollars going to support religious groups. So I can imagine this monument being some sort of reasonable protest. As far as "belief" goes, I can say more myself that what I believe in is the "Enlightenment". If my belief is a common one for atheists to hold then perhaps it's not accurate to say that atheists believe in nothing?