I followed the link on the site that David Ritchie sent and found atheism. It was rather interesting. Non-philosopher that I am, I learned that there are different types of atheism. (It seems that I match the rationalist school.) In reading the site I began to wonder if Marlena was really asking why anyone would choose to live without belief in god. I know she said " the wonderment of why >people bother to continue to live even if they are atheistically inclined > (or, at least, do not believe in a Supreme Being or G-d)." Is this what you were saying Marlena? Why anyone would choose to live without belief in god? That makes sense. If that is in fact what you meant, then I apologize sincerely for being uncharacteristically uncivilized. Andy Amago ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html