Asked: are you an atheist?

I'm definitely not an atheist, though I don't see anything wrong with people who are atheists.

I believe in a god and think he/she/it, the perfect being and creator - one that's so perfect that he/she/it would not feel a necessity to be worshiped - created things based on principles that don't require micro-managing and that include necessary evils, such as catastrophic ones like genocide, religious wars, etc, where these evils are necessary for god's creations to continue to progress or advance in a generally positive direction -- generally when looking at the infinitely broad time-line of the universe.

I tend to think I show god more respect for his/hers/its perfection with my point of view than people of organized religions do with their micro-manager/god-to-be-worshiped viewpoint. *HOWEVER*, I respect the viewpoints of all world religions and of atheists and see my viewpoint as being on an even plane as all other world viewpoints and only hope people respect my view the same way I respect theirs.

My ex-wife and I agree that our children will choose their religious viewpoints on their own and that we'll respect theirs the same as our own beliefs. Currently, our oldest daughter and younger daughter are very Christian and we respect and support their views.

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This is the other brother Darrell.