Re: Papal Conclave
What tickles me Mesco is your wild assumptions.
I did a lot of soul searching in my time, which included looking very seriously at religions of all faiths. What I found was that the 'Word' was continually besmirched by, quite frankly, hypocrites that had their own agenda for attending church - and it wasn't in the praise of God.
Once church attendance had taken place, a bigger bunch of fishwives I have yet to meet, which left me very cynical.
I also questioned at length the clergy, who could come up with no more than calling my questioning blasphemy.
So my atheism is based on fact, not ignorant prejudices.