If I were still a believer in Christianity, I would yell an "amen" at you for this post. Much of the writing on these message boards is atrocious, and that's being generous. I don't think anyone is asking for someone to be killed because he/she didn't properly match an antecedent with a pronoun, but is subject-verb agreement so hard to adhere to when the person is trying to communicate something important? Give me a friggin' break! What's even more saddening is that children coming up these days are not even getting the rudimentary skills to be even remotely successful in writing. A 17-year-old friend of mine asked me to review his report and to offer suggestions. The seven-page report's being one huge paragraph notwithstanding, his writing was an abomination--missing commas, colons, dangling modifiers, incorrect subject-verb agreement, run-on sentences, red herring statements, etc. I offered him my suggestions on ways to improve the report, and he became offended and decided to change nothing. One week later, he came back to me to let me know mockingly that he received "B" on his paper. My question in response to his statement was, "Tell me the exact name of the school you attend so I know where not to send my children. Also, give me the name, description, and social security number of your teacher so I can put out a hit on him/her. The grammar police need to know about this!" This person should be put out of his/her misery! I think he's still upset with me though I can't imagine why! Children!

Still no sign of an active, meddling god. I'll update you if this changes. Tek

this story was posted on the jan. 2006 board and it just made me angry, especially since the post was titled: "some don't know when to keep their mouths shut..." A Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day he shocked the class when he came in, looked to the ceiling, and flatly stated, "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes. The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting. "It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-****ed him; knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence. The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?" The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid **** and act like an ********o He sent me." the whole thread is here: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/01-2006/postdetail/23907.html?vc=0 and of course everyone's response to this was, yay! great story!!! ugh. ~liz

Really, there is only so many ways you can say "There is no God" or "There is no proof of God" We can't bash religions, nor can we make those that believe in god look silly. So, there it is. I wonder... when the board died, did it go to heaven or hell? Tek

Hi, Actually, you're right. We do talk amongst ourselves. This site isn't very friendly for those of us who don't believe. One of our former members hosts a forum here http://www.iamunrecognizable.com/forum/toast.asp I go there a lot. I think we're quiet because we don't need to recruit and maintain our members. Believers need constant reassurance for their beliefs. Athiests don't give a rat's rear. LOL Barb