do you feel offended when someone of faith tells you how great their faith is and offeres to pray for you?
Just further to my previous post...

I think when people are honest and open about how great their faith is, then that can be a cue for you to be honest and open about yours. What I did was establish where my beliefs lie. It's one thing to say that you don't believe in God, so what DO you believe in? Where do your values and morals come from? What keeps you going? What pushes you?

Having done extensive research into Humanism and establishing this as my belief system, I have been able to come up with a response that answers all of these questions without simply saying "Because I just don't believe in God". I can say that I believe that Humans create their own destiny, we create our own purpose in life. When we die, I don't believe we go to Heaven, but I do believe we live on in the people who's lives we touched, because we leave our mark on them, our impression (this in turn has a butterfly effect). My values and morals are born from an appreciation for the world in which we live. I feel we have a responsibility to protect the Earth for future generations of Humans. I believe that people have a duty to be good to each other, and being good to yourself is the core of that belief.

There is a way of explaining your belief system without offending anyone - that's my way of doing it! And I am not offended when people open up about their religion. In fact, I find it facinating and I learn as much as I can from them. I think it's important that we have tolerence for ALL belief systems. Understanding brings peace.