All Eyes on Me

you make an interesting point...the barrier that I stumble over frequently in my life though is that which is inherent in a discussion between anyone who believe in a higher power and an atheist (for a demonstration mention God sometime in the vicinity of myself and natbudin and see sparks fly). While a Jew and a Christian may lack mutual understanding regarding the role of Christ in the world, A religious (or spiritual if you will) person and an atheist cannot even speak the same language, because each side's understanding on the universe, and the nature and significance of God is so completely alien to the other. At least a Jew can say to himself that Christ holds a similar place in the life of his Christian friend as Hashem does in his own, and then he is able to understand it to some degree. An atheist and a religious man cannot even draw parallels.