Megatron

ROFL!!! My respect for Brian Warner has just quadrupled.

beoba

Same. And in a few days, the ham might be just as rotten as the original!

Shake

I just read in my local paper on Saturday, that in my local metro area only 51% of the people, "consider themselves affiliated with a religious group." The article goes on to say that this, "was slightly above the median," nationally!
My first reaction was one of elation, but that quickly faded when I thought about it and realized that there are lots of folks who attend non-denominational churches, and would be lumped in with the 49% who didn't consider themselves affiliated with a religious group. I'm sure there are those that have religious feelings but are just fed up with organized religion.

I know my turn to atheism originally began with a distaste for organized religion. I actually still believe that religion is a highly personal thing and think that worldwide or even national churches are just plain wrong. You can find extremes in beliefs even in just the same congregation. The nearest correlation I can make is to political parties: there are millions of Republicans (for example), but there's a huge difference between the Religious Right and liberal Republicans!