Reaction and comment to news stories from the Birmingham News:

* "You know, if it all falls apart, and as a Christian, my faith in God is misplaced, I have lost absolutely nothing. If anything, I have been given hope and happiness serving a God who loves us all. On the other hand, if Mr. Hitchens is wrong, he's in for a very rude awakening." --

* "Angry with god that would be absurd. How can you be angry with something that doesn't exist? what atheists are angry with are people who use god as an unquestionable hypothesis to explain the universe when the evidence clearly points in the other direction." --

* "I cannot understand how anyone can believe there is a god. My life, experience, education, all lead me to believe that the odds of a supernatural being you call god are slim to none. No, I can't say with absolute certainty, since I can't prove the negative, but I am pretty comfortable with believing there is none. You think the norse myths are just that, myths, correct? And greek & roman myths, too? Well, that's how I feel about your xtian myths. Same thing.

god is an imaginary friend, that's all. I'm not angry about it, nor am I trying to be mean. It makes people feel better for some reason. In the end, it's been quite a liberating process for me." --

* "Why is it that atheists are always so very angry? It's not like they have anything to gain or lose by prosyletising. Of course, I've run into my share of angry Chrisitians." --

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