City & psylocke (mmm yummy!) & theveed:
imho lang po, try reading "The Wager" by Blaise Pascal. OK yun for argument for religion.

City: Re Thomas Paine: kaya po maraming pede ma-interpret sa Bible is the concept of "free will" na ibinigay po ni God to man. Analogy: where would you rather live - in a true, freedom loving democracy? or with bin Laden - who has only 1 strict interpretation of the Koran. Including dying for Allah and go to Paradise where you will be served by 70 houri (virgins). (ehehe medyo OK din yun, kung hilig virgin ka. ;) )