Thought for the night

The fact that you need to nurture the illusion of an eternal life to appreciate the actual one you have is just stupid. But the fact that you also need a watchful god to behave is simply horrible. 
M. Pontecorvi

Defending the faith: and failing.

This is an article from Francis Spufford: 
http://newhumanist.org.uk/2858/dear-atheists
defending faith and a splendid rebuke by J. Coyne 
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/a-letter-to-atheists-from-a-believer/ followed by an even better one by E. McDonald 
http://choiceindying.com/2012/08/29/dear-christians-or-why-francis-spuffords-letter-to-atheists-simply-wont-do/. 

I believe that these 3 pieces alone, and related hundreds of comments, do represent very well the whole issue of faith(s) vs atheism. Great reading.

I will soon try to put the whole text in here.