Hey Ms. Croft, Thanks for correcting my french.. been a long time since I wrote french. Anyways, what I was trying to say in my above posting is that why do we need God or look up to Him or even thank Him when as you said "miracles" happen. I believe in evolution and looking at the pace of scientific progress that we are making, I am sure we will know a lot more about this world and also what lies beyond this world. I believe that God is for weak people who don't want to accept the reality. And talking about my extensive research, I took many classes on religion while I was in college and have been visiting many websites where you can read discussions about religion and its purpose or how it started and things like that.. I had never ending discussions with my Religion profs. They used verses from bible to support their point.. that was ridiculous. Many Christian friends of mine tried to "convert" me, I laughed at their face.. Myaan, how can some people be so stupid? Other than that, I always questioned about God's existence since my childhood. I happened to go to a Christian college in some rural part where the only person of color was me. well.. this (meaning the college education) gave me a good opportunity to think about religion and the existence of God and delve into it further. lau ta, tyastai tyastai kura harule garda ho , that I am an atheist now. "I'm a polyatheist - there are many gods I don't believe in" - Donald Morgan