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I just now caught the end of a segment of Scarborough Country which featured a True Believer and an Atheist giving us their respective thoughts on the religious meanings of the Tidal Wave. The Atheist (Michael Newdow) expressed what is essentially my own personal view, whereas the woman (whose name I did not remember) seemed to express one of the various religious views: God is punishing Humanity for various sins.

I am not an Atheist like Michael Newdow. My position is slightly less emphatic. Neither I am an Agnostic. Agnostics say, in reference to the question, 'Does God exist?', 'I don't know.'

There is no name for my position on the issue of whether or not God exists. So far as I know, my position is quite common but lacks even the most primitive philosophical name, or title. My position on the question of the existence of God is this: God is Irrelevant. God might exist; might not exist. But in either case God is irrelevant. Powerless.

Some folks understand this intuitivly and go about their lives with this basic understanding. To them it is a natural philosophical position. Not so with me.

I arrived at this position after many years of study. With me it was not a natural conclusion but the end of an enquiry, a long investigation. It was a personal achievment.

This is the reason why I see the current disaster in a purely natural context. God may or may not exist but is in any case powerless.