Did someone say religion? (caution: I will deny that I've said anything of which I'm about to say because this is an experiment to allow myself to express a side of me that has to this moment been neatly tucked away as irrational and therefore not explored.) I've got secret beliefs that come much closer to Wicca than any other organized religion. Kind of scary to admit and impossible to defend, so it's not something I'll be discussing in too much detail. This loosley strung together belief system provides me with an explanation for the events I have witnessed in my life in which an overwhelming feeling pulled me from my trained rational perspective. For instance, I believe that those who die violent deaths have a tendency to hang around after they're dead. Yes, I know that one is straight out of the horror movies, but I've got my reasons. I believe that when you die that you are not suddenly enlightened to the ways of the universe. If you believed in God when you were alive, you probably will when you're dead. I really don't associate religion with moral structure... I suppose most would think then that I've missed the point, but for me as an Atheist all my life, I have tried to live a loving, harmonious co-existence with my fellow human beings and it was not my fear or admiration for a deity that has held me to my behavior. To me, religion or mythology or mysticism are all just an effort to explain beliefs that were not explainable through rational means. (like the feeling of having an immortal soul when no evidence supports it.) In any case, I agree with all the moral conclusions said in recent posts and i think it really doesn't matter how you rationalize your reality as long as you can create an enjoyble world for those around you and as long as you show enough respect for others to let them feel comfortable in whatever workable reality they have chosen.