I'm far more interested in becoming a better skeptic than I am in being involved in coversations that bash religion. Skepticism is central to my life, and my humanism & atheism come from that. My commitment is to skepticism as a method of inquiry.

Skepticism dictates that my non-religiousity must be contingent on the fact that I can't DISprove anything and that god-proving evidence may come to light. I think there's no god-like thing, I believe thetre's no god-like thing, and I live my life with the assumption that there's no god-like thing, but I can't know it. That's what skepticisn & science dictate.

I'm more likely to be open to talking about religion with believers that with non-beleivers, because I'd rather hear about the beuty one finds in their life than hear bashing.