I think it was Ignatius of Loyola who said "give me the boy up until the age of seven, and I will give you the man." It's all indoctrination, mostly by parents and families from very young ages. What is scary is how few people manage to free themselves from this in later life.

Not a big deal...the more the merrier. Christopher Hitchens was really good because he had an almost infinity supply of non sense to argue against. So, as bad or weird as it may seem, we can actually take advantage of it and keep our mind sharp !!! Practice makes perfect

I haven't seen many of these. What I do see a lot of is Militant Vegans. One started off his preachy message to me with You know meat is poisonous, don't you? No, I don't know any such thing. Go away.

I don’t know about the “great certainty” part, but I lean toward the idea of universal consciousness, which could be given the God label if one was amind. I greatly enjoy this forum because it is full of caring, intelligent, independent-minded people. Having diversity of opinion adds legitimacy to the word “forum”.

Not when the owner specifically states that they are welcome. That said... I never see them.

We don't discriminate ? If they want to believe who are you or I to say otherwise !

It is named "agnostic.com" but a large majority of the members are atheists. I find that even more odd.