Let's make it clear here that I'm against, and am attacking - even being disparaging toward - the notion of a God. By extension, though it's almost a different matter in itself, I'd also attack organised religion.

That doesn't mean I want to burn anybody at the stake, though; I could most probably sit with anyone who's posted in this thread and have an interesting conversation about life. We'd just perhaps have to steer away from religious matters.

One of my closest friends with whom I've made films calls himself a Catholic. I've said everything to him that I've written here.

I'm not sure if that amounts to 'I don't have to agree with what you say but I respect your right to say it,' because I don't really know what those sorts of statements mean.

To me, a belief in God is often representative of a wider intellectual crisis. If someone can believe in God, when there's so little if any rational argument in his favour, what else might they believe in matters of urgency?