Revlgking wrote:

"Atheists may think of conscious existence as depressing, as being meaningless and absurd, and that non-existence is to be prefered."

What on earth did you mean by that? Can you name any athsists that think that way?

Redewenur wrote:

"because they aren't 'life enhancing principles'"

But surely what's life enhancing for the hawk is not so for the rabbit? Or does God only worry about humans? If the latter is so when during our evolution did God begin to confine his interest to us? In fact I'd like to hear Revlgking's answer to that one. Or anyone else who has an opinion on the matter.