im an atheist too. why because you go as far back to the birth of civilisation and different cultures were worshiping different gods for every single aspect of their lives and in most cases today that hasnt changed! its the no1 reason for problems in the middle east.and today you still get some maniacal dictators murdering people in what they call ethnic cleansing. when you look at religion personally i think a lot of it is to do with the insecurity in people.looking for a better life after death,someone does something wrong and they ask for forgivness in god and then all of a sudden people in church think that the person will be changed and its all good i mean cmon!!! thats my opinion anyway!