Atheism is a GS requirement

[ChadCoxRox]

Gihooly, instead of a PM (which seems to have led to this thread) I'm going to address you publically here. You are not asking for support or anything else. You are expressing your intent. But none-the-less I know that as I age I still make mistakes and it's interesting how they are different mistakes than in the past. Our mistakes evolve just like our learnings. If that stops it is the same as death to me.

I have always enjoyed your craft and even more so your intense avoidance of attention to its structure, background or origin beyond the content and process of the craft itself. I respect that immensely. You are a true artist in character and in deed. I love that and therefore I love you.

Wherever you go, in leaving GS you are leaving me. That hurts. I've always imagined my respect and love for you being founded in your tenacity and unspoken, unwavering commitment to your craft. If I've been wrong in that regard then this will be yet another lesson from mistakes in life. But it won't stop me from loving "you" and missing you if you leave.