"He who knows best knows how little he knows."-----Thomas Jefferson
By Tom's standard, I guess I "know best" because I do understand and readily admit how little I know.
I have opinions and beliefs, but so do each of you. In large measure, we are forced to live our lives in accordance with what we believe rather than what we know. And, as far as I am concerned, you can believe whatever you choose as long as your beliefs do not harm others and you do not try to impose them on me.
Where is this going?
Well, for some reason, even though mocking or criticizing a particular religious faith would instantly be seen as inappropriate and doing the same with regard to atheism would likewise brand you as intolerant, criticism of all who believe in the existence of a Supreme Being by any name seems to get a "pass".
I do not "know" the answer to any "religious questions" you might ask, but I do have beliefs about most of them and these are based primarily on just how puny is our human intellect---our inability to even begin to comprehend the universe in which we "believe" we exist.
So, believe what you choose or choose to believe nothing, but resist the urge to criticize those who choose differently. That's my opinion.
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