Humanism is a philosophy that emphasizes logic, reason, and science over faith and religion. It is composed of primarily atheist, agnostics, and the nonreligious. Most humanist organizations emphasize a strong ethical stance and urge their members to support their communities and to help their fellow man when ever possible. I myself, am a secular humanist. I don't believe in a supreme being and I think that most of stories in the Bible are myth and fantasy due to the ignorance of the people over the time of it's writing. I realize this will anger some, but that's not my problem. This is something I thought about and researched long and hard before I made up my mind. However, I do respect the right of others to form their own ideas on how to live their lives and all I ask is that they treat me with the same respect.

Actually, it's because atheist only make up about 10% to 12% of the U.S. population. There are simply fewer of them to commit crimes. It's a matter of statistics, not philosophy.

You will have some great interaction with a lot of very well informed and intelligent people.

You're absolutely right, there will always be rich and poor in the world. The reason for most of the disparity is that people with more education have knowledge worth more to the public than say, a ditch digger. While both are necessary a lawyer or doctor's services will always have more value. However, I disagree with you when you seem to say that most of the poor are responsible for their positions through decisions they make in life. Many are, but quite a few are the victims of ignorance and are locked into their situations because of decisions their parents made before them. Most of the time it's a lack of education or they are forced to live in high crime areas and other constricting environmental issues.

Another problem is that the wealthy have much more power than the middle class or poor. Money is power as they say and power corrupts. Vast sums of money allow the rich to buy politicians and negate the votes of the poor. So, yes there will always be rich and poor, but when there is such a stark difference such as most studies indicate you will have a serious problem. For instance, the last time there was a similar situation was just prior to WW11. There was no middle class just as the one we have today is disappearing and look what happened then. These are complex problems and they developed through complicated variables. We can offer opinions, but the solutions will require more than simple debates such as these.

I'm not religious, but I don't think that the Bible even says how Cain killed Abel. I think that it just says something like "he rose up and slew him." But hey, don't listen to me because I should be the last person to comment on religious issues.

Look around you. It's called everyday life.

There are really only three factors involved in escaping poverty, work, education, and luck.

Beer drinking isn't a sin. Over indulgence or gluttony is the sin.

The holy trinity is a difficult concept to comprehend. Essentially, they are Father, Son, and God (holy ghost). They are separate but one , Father of us all, Son (Jesus) the holy essence made human, and God the spiritual movement. However, like I said, the are separate, but one. I'm probably not the best person to try and answer this but there you are.

Our dog Roy. We got him from the SPCA last Chistmas and he's taught me the defination of the term laid-back.