[pct-l] Response to the moderator of this site regarding the diety

[meadowed at comcast.net (ed)]

I am in total agreement with his comment about this site is not the proper
place to discuss rather one thinks there is a god or not......As a long time
trail angle who has talked to as many hikers over the last 10 years as
anyone on the west coast i think i can have a say here.
Yes, there are many hikers who profess that they feel the presence of a
supreme being out on the trail....thats fine, i can almost admire that....I
would also say just as many feel that smelling the pine trees in the breeeze
or seeing MT. Rainer is the ANSWER to the why ?    I do know that in most
instances and i say most, very carefuly here i might add, that in a group of
hikers of 4 or more folks this existence of a god is rarely talked about.  i
have been asked this very question of the existence of a god for many years
from lots of people who think that christen hikers predominate the PCT.
..more so when they find out maby there are more non belivers out
there..then beleivers. Hikers tend to respect each other for many reasons
and even admire other hikers for just as many reasons ; however when it
comes down to the question of do you or do you not beleive in the existence
of a god its not that big of a deal out on the trail....We hikers  tend to
not care or at least discuss what others think about this thread and i think
that it needs to be put to bed here before we angry folks....The first
reason and perhaps the most inportant reason this site was put here was for
the benefit and discusion of people who hike the PCT as well as other
trails. Lots of folks seem to hang out here who perhaps have not a lot to
add to or for that matter anything to say that we hikers even want to hear
anyway........meadow ed