It’s also a pretty cool demonstration of memetics. I’ve been tracking the total votes count, and it’s been growing exponentially with added spurts, as one would expect from spread via word-of-mouth with a few major social nodes (i.e., other bloggers) thrown in.

Today alone the total number of votes basically tripled.

It’s up to 97% saying “rational” now – sure, that’s a sign that atheists/agnostics are flocking to answer this poll rather than any reflection of anything else.

But we atheists/agnostics don’t belong to big groups (most of us), don’t get together once a week with our homies, & we know that we are all too often viewed with suspicion, so that most of us are careful not to let others know IRL that we are atheists. You simply must forgive us for getting excited when there’s evidence that there’s more of us “out there” than we thought. It’s liberating, and comforting, to finally feel some strength in numbers. To feel, each of us, that we are not alone in this.

Fred, your using the term “Christophobic” for atheists-agnostics suggests to me that you haven’t listened to atheists-agnostics, haven’t heard where we’re coming from…and/or, that you know better than we do what we believe & why. Is that the case?

Also, nothing is a threat to the ultimate victory of being in Christ. The spiritual victory has been won on the cross of Calvary. Those who accept in faith the atonement that Jesus provided will have eternal life.

What one believes or does not believe regarding this truth will have no bearing on what happens when one enters eternity. All who have a backup position or primary position of resting in their own merit will be badly disappointed. This includes many that profess to be followers of Christ, but are in fact trusting in their own efforts.