So why are people who are intelligent enough to "discover" there is no God so stupid as to jump in bed with an attractive coed that had the unfortunate experience of signing up for his or her class? Why are we so intelligent as to make the medical "discovery" that a human embryo is an unviable tissue mass until such time as its mother, (father?, what father?) decides she wants it, leaving us with the utterly comical discussion about when "life" actually begins. Wouldn't real intelligence take us to a very different place? A place where proven facts don't have to be treated like obstructions and philosophical dialogue can have at least a thread tying it to known fact. Why does not believing in God compel action against those who do? Does my not accepting Mormon doctrine compel me to attack every influence I can find that Mormonism has been part of? If I were to engage in such an attack I would be weakening the society I am part of while also wasting a lot of time. I think I've picked a bad example but to follow through with it, while I do not accept the teachings of Mormonism I also do not try to destroy everything that is traceable to that religion. Granted, if the Congress passed a law requiring adherence to Mormon doctrine I would object. But to live in a country where many Mormon teachings are graven into our laws, such as not murdering, not stealing etc. is an advantage to me regardless of their origin. (Which, while not uniquely Mormon, are certainly part of their doctrine). Atheists and Agnostics alike benefit from a system based on an understanding of a Creator, but rather than living peaceably with their neighbors and enjoying this great land some are driven to destroy those who follow Christ as God's son. A life, by the way, whose teachings are often in contrast to accepted social and cultural behavior.
