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To: jbe who wrote (42825)	6/30/1999 7:20:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I would also think it unlikely that America will become officially "atheist", though I think it as unlikely that America will officially embrace any specific religion. We are moving, I hope, to a point where faith or lack thereof becomes entirely irrelevant in public life; when the nature of a person's faith is of no more import than the color of that person's eyes. At that point we can say we are making progress.

To: jbe who wrote (42825)	6/30/1999 7:28:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

I think the religious impulse in many, perhaps most human beings is innate (perhaps we need it, like Art, in order to survive). I would agree with this, if the "we" is amended to "many of us". But it should be noted that the presence of an innate religious impulse cannot be construed as evidence for the existence of God or the legitimacy of any individual religion. If those who need religion to survive are allowed to impose it on those who do not, we will be entering a grim time indeed. This is a far more likely proposition than the idea that atheists will impose their views on the religious; it does not take a microscope to observe that the religious among us are far more zealous about spreading their beliefs than the irreligious.