Marina, God is not the church and much of the time the church does not represent God. Much of the time, the church is as evil as the world. One can believe in God and still see the hypocrisy of the church. Tom rattles on at great and questionable length about the stupidity of being a believer; of course that is an insult. We have not talked, but I know Steve believes as I do. Why does Tom bother to fight? No one tries to convert or convince Tom; but Tom is hell bent on condemning those who believe. In my country this is considered rude and ignorant behavior.

Why does it matter to Tom if others believe? Why does Tom blather incessantly about Schweitzer being an atheist, knowing full well he was an significant Christian theologian and missionary? Is it possible this is a flaw in his education or maybe they just don’t have Google in Italy? Why is Tom so eager to tell everyone about the alleged “unknown sordid side” of Mother Teresa, and yet he conceals and defends the sad tragedy and perversion of homosexuality, calling it normal. Maybe normal in Tom's world. I will buy Tom pizza any day of the week, as a friend, and we will have a great time and long discussions, but does not change that Tom ignores mountains of evidence to attack those who are good while defending what most of us know is evil. Even so, I do not condemn Tom, regardless of how foolish his lack of belief seems to me. You may draw your own conclusions. Remember, Tom is the one who repeatedly brings this up and expounds on the benefits of bad things. I merely disagree. Tom still gets the free pizza!  ))))