Thank you for writing this. I recently moved back to Alabama from Seattle and was confronted almost immediately with the imperative that one not only believe in a god, but that it be a Christian god, and that one's daily casual conversations should include references to faith. I have gone back in the closet - my business here depends on the goodwill of my neighbors, who have said to me again and again that they would not do business with a non-Christian. I keep mum - I do not openly lie - but I don't correct them when they assume I agree. I realized recently that a lot of the anti-atheist rhetoric here (and presumably throughout the country) can be tied directly back to anti-communist rhetoric. In the 20th century, when our national identity and mythology depended on our distinguishing ourselves in compelling ways from our enemy on the other side of the world, we clung to the idea that Soviet communism mandated atheism. It was probably the most easily understood difference - that and general basic totalitarianism. When Joe or Jane on the street couldn't get arms around the idea of collective ownership of capital, atheism was an easy thing to focus on. THEY are godless. WE are different. WE believe in GOD. For nearly a century we told ourselves that we are not evil because we are not godless. I am afraid it will take more than the fall of the Soviet Union - and possibly more than another century of history - for us to let go of that national identity myth. Now, because our current "enemy" is identified with another religion, we are not likely to let go of our attachment to Christianity and Judaism... in spite of the fact that much of what we dislike about our "enemy" is their seemingly irrational attachment to fundamental religious principles. Getting over God may take more than a century. If I had the $$ to run this campaign in a major city, I would. If these ads start to chip away at the stranglehold that god-ism has on our national identity, it's a good thing. No, I might not go public just yet. I might just wait until I had some friends to go public with me. I honor you for being out. By writing this, I'm coming out just a little bit, too, I guess... though I doubt many of my friends and coworkers in south Alabama read your blog. Jane

OMG I just watched this video again and now I have to, you know, be alone for a while.

>snort!

That should read "I incapacitated them..." Yeah. Rocketpants <- spaz

That should read "I incapacitated them..." Yeah. Rocketpants <- spaz

I played Call of Cthulhu with a group that is usually all guys (I'm a girl). We were attacked by a group of a half-dozen cultists. My friends failed their weapons rolls, so Incapacitated the cultists with fellatio.

I played Call of Cthulhu with a group that is usually all guys (I'm a girl). We were attacked by a group of a half-dozen cultists. My friends failed their weapons rolls, so Incapacitated the cultists with fellatio.