>Of course it matters! Anyone it doesn't matter to doesn't
>value life, regardless of their religious beliefs. In fact,
>I'd suggest that it matters more to atheists since they are
>more concerned with that which is real and tangible.

If by "real" and "tangible" you're talking about color, which is a illusion of light, sound, which is an illusion of physics, or size, which is an illusion of vision, well then you are simply wrong...

After these "real" and "tangible" things come, well, consciousness.. feel free to rationalize this one.. I think something that is spiritual (just as "real" and "tangible" as anything else in this world) and eternal might have the same sort of validity.

It
>would matter less to Christians because according the
>majority of them think that "God so loved the world that he
>gaveth his only begotten son; so that whoever believeth in
>Him shall have eternal life" - meaning you get to Heaven
>just for believing that Jesus was God incarnate.

With true faith comes morals... faith in God is not an insurance policy. Peace,