Actually, I think Pat's an 'insurgent'.  I respect his status as an insurgent because I don't think I could be technically involved in any way with Toby Keith's message board.  The difference is Pat's a Baerwald fan. Patriotism in the guise of partisanship and music looks  to me like five star generality at its finest.   Hang on, let me dyslexically smarten that up a bit - Entertainment and Politics - that unrings true.... 

Regarding God - I'll quote the author of Perl (weblang) Larry Wall.

"His answer is the nerdiest expression of theology I've ever encountered -- and I mean that in a good way.

You can't please God the way Enoch did without some faith, because those who come to God must (minimally) believe that:

A) God exists, and
B) God is good to people who really look for him.

That's it. The "good news" is so simple that a child can understand it, and so deep that a philosopher can't.

Now, it appears that you're willing to admit the possibility of bit A being a 1, so you're almost halfway there. Or maybe you're a quarter way there on average, if it's a qubit that's still flopping around like Schroedinger's Cat. You're the observer there, not me--unless of course you're dead. :-) i.e.

A lot of folks get hung up at point B for various reasons, some logical and some moral, but mostly because of Shroedinger again. People are almost afraid to observe the B qubit because they don't want the wave function to collapse either to a 0 or a 1, since both choices are deemed unpalatable. A lot of people who claim to be agnostics don't take the position so much because they don't know, but because they don't want to know, sometimes desperately so.

Because if it turns out to be a 0, then we really are the slaves of our selfish genes, and there's no basis for morality other than various forms of tribalism.

And because if it turns out to be a 1, then you have to swallow a whole bunch of flim-flam that goes with it. Or do you?"

Either way, the guy who has his initials on this website just had a whole bunch of people play his music together all at once  - to his satisfaction.  What an achievement!  Congrats, Mr. Baerwald!! 

p.s. - I've nothing but respect for Pat B..