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First up, it seems that even death can't stop people from deciding your views are wrong. Thirty-seven years ago a man, an atheist man, was killed. But now he's become a saint. Does that mean I can declare Jesus to have been an atheist?

And in this link we learn of a poor young girl who's first Holy Communion is null and void. It seems she can't digest the one true wafer. Did anyone ever consider that perhaps she's just allergic to Christ?

Who says there is no god? Why, with the clear logic presented here it is hard to argue that there is no god. I am wondering how many of you out there have had some of these used in conversations with you.

I know I have had numbers 17, 15, and 19 frequently. I think I may have even seen number 25 tried in these parts. I wish number 32 were used little more often than some of the others listed, like number 36, 39, 41, 215, and 226.

Okay, so I honestly just read the first 50 or so, and then skipped around.

In this column one columnist admits she is an atheist.

So what?

Well, she does have a few interesting things about being an atheist and I figure some of you may enjoy the decent column.

For those of you not already aware, Safety Cap has a recent journal where he found http://www.godhatesamerica.com/

I suggest you check out both the journal and the website. While I have comments enabled here, that is mostly just for any of you looking to bring anything to my attention. Try to keep the discussion on topic in Safety Cap's journal.

What religion is not after money? They may have a facade like they are not, but all religions are based on greed. If not, why organize? Why put a sign on the door? Why try to convert people to your particular way?

Sure they are greedy about things other than money. Like time and thought and invading your personal decisions. Or just through membership count. "Our religion has X number of people, look how good we are." "Our religion 'saved' X number of people." These are all signs of self-indulgence, but the most arrogant of all is the desire for money.

Religions daily blur the line between greed and pride with very little left over for being humble. Religions do well only when their followers do well and in turn donate back to them. There is no such thing as an inverse relationship between the wealth of the followers of a religion and the worldly goods of a religion. People amass wealth through greed; religion is the greatest scheme of all to collect upon this greed. In fact it feeds off of this greed in a continually compounding interest system through shaming followers that have greed and then using guilt to make them pay up.

There are literally trillions of dollars in religious bank accounts and real estate all over the world. The business of religion is larger than all other business combined. McDonald's is the world's second largest private landowner, second only to the Catholic Church, which is just one religious land owner and money holder.

In a recent wealth study done by a church group, the churches that responded to their survey economically grew, on a whole, at a rate of twice the rate of the US economy. "In fact, seven percent of churches surveyed now have budgets exceeding $1 million." If you add up the major budgeted areas listed (23.9 billion + 12 billion + 8.6 billion + 9.1 billion) you have over 50 billion dollars of annual expenses just from those who responded to the survey. And only 28% of those asked responded!

So, if you had all of the money from all of the religions in the world, what would you do with it? Make a grand palace? Feed the poor? Invade a country? Buy a green dress? Well, after taxes that is, you're a private citizen and you would owe your government if you have this money.

Hmm, I wonder how much of the US government's debt could be paid off just from the taxable income from turning all of this money over to one private citizen.

Does anyone have any articles that may shed some light on just how much money (annual income, or currently saved) religions have? This isn't just Christianity, although they are the Microsoft of the religious world.

On an internal issue, you guys need to give me some more topics here. I only have another 4 or 5 in the pipe ready to "go to press" as it were. I prefer to have a larger supply of discussion topics ready to write about so they may be edited from time to time and cleaned up prior to posting. Anyone who is willing to write a discussion, please post with contact information or email address listed for this account.