Montolio stopped to consider Drizzt. He heard a shuffle at the mention of his goddess, and he took it to be an uncomfortable movement. wanting to explore this revelation, montolio reached inside his chainmail and tunic and produced a pendant shaped like a unicorn's head.
"is it not beautiful?" he pointedly asked.
Drizzt hesitated. the unicorn was perfectly crafted and marvelous in design, but the connotations of such a pendant did not sit easily with the drow. Back in menzoberranzan Drizzt had witnessed the folly of following the commands of dieties, and he liked not at all what he had seen.
"who is your god drow?" Montolio Asked. In all the weeks he and drizzt had been together, they had not really discussed religion.
"I have no god," Drizzt answered boldly. "and neither do I want one."
It was Montolio's turn to pause.
Drizzt rose off and walked a few paces.
"My people follow Lloth," he began "She, if not the cause, is surely the continuation of their wickedness, as this Gruumsh is to the orcs, and as other gods are to other peoples. To follow a god is folly. I shall follow my heart instead."
Montolio's quiet chuckle stole the power from Drizzt's proclamation. "You have a god, Drizzt Do'Urden," he said.
"My god is my heart." Drizzt declared, turning back to him.
"As is mine."
You named you god as Mielikki." Drizzt protested
"And you have not found a name for your god yet," Montolio shot back. "That does not mean that you have no god. Your god is your heart, and what does your heart tell you?"
"I do not know," Drizzt admitted after considering the troubling question.
"Think then!" Montolio cried. "what did your instincts tell you of the gnoll band, or of the farmers in Moldobar? Lloth is not your diety, that much is certain. What god or goddess fits what is in Drizzt Do'Urden's heart?"
Montolio could almost hear Drizzt's continuing shrugs. "You do not know?" the old ranger asked. "But I do."
"You presume much," Drizzt replied, still not convinced.
"I observe much," Montolio said with a laugh. "Are you of like heart with Guenhyvar?"
"I have never doubted that fact," Drizzt answered honestly.
"Guenhwyvar follows Mielikki."
"How can you know?" Drizzt argued, growing a bit peturbed. He didn't mind Montolio's presumptions about him, but Drizzt considered such labeling an attack on the pather. Somehow to Drizzt, Guenhwyvar seemed above gods and all the implications of following one.
"how can i know?" Montolio asked incredulously. "the cat told me, of course! Guenhwyvar is the entity of the pather, a creature of Mielikki's domain."
"Guenhwyvar does not need your lables," Drizzt retorted angrily, moving briskly to sit beside the ranger.
"Of course not," Montolio agreed. "But that does not change the fact of it. You do not understand, Drizzt Do'Urden. You grew up amoung the preversion of a diety."
"And yours is the true one?" Drizzt asked sarcastically.
"They are all true, and they are all one, I fear." Montoloi replied. Drizzt had to agree with Montolio's earlier observation: He did not understand.
"you view the gods as entities without," Montolio tried to explain. "You see them as physical beings trying to control our actions for their own ends, and thus you, in your stubborn independence, reject them. The gods are within, I say, whether one has named his own or not. you have followed Mielikki all your life, Drizzt. You merely never had a name to put on your heart."

p. 181-183 of Sojourn, by R. A. Salvadore.

make of it what you will, but I think this is a pertinant message for the off the derechs here.

I have asked this question of others, only to get insults as responses, which only leads me to believe that they are only here to insult others & disrupt the topics they don't like.
Perhaps, if, as you say, you are now less hostile towards those who are religious, you can honestly answer my question without rancor.

If you are an athiest, why are you on a forum for those who are frum?

This is not a 'forum for those who are frum'

You are correct, I miss spoke. What it actually says is:

"Hashkafah.com is the Premier Frum Jewish Forum for all Jews. Discuss any Jewish and Torah topic from Shidduchim to Kosher to Learning in Yeshiva."

So it's not a forum for those who are frum, it's just a frum site.

Regardless, as you described yourself as an atheist my question is still the same.

where did I describe myself as an atheist?
And further, the answer can be found in the description of the site.

You know what? You are right again.
It was because you responded to a question that I had asked someone else. I didn't look at the name until now.

And that was the description right out of google & since Silent J is the who gave them that information....

huh? my point is, simply, this is NOT a forum for frum jews, but a frum forum. Many OTD's and 'atheists' may perhaps want to still connect to the frum community.

I assume that those who supposedly appear as if to post matters not torah true are only guilty of leaving their computers accessible to their coworkers without signing off at which point the coworkers post using the members' accounts.

I said:

"Hashkafah.com is the Premier Frum Jewish Forum for all Jews. Discuss any Jewish and Torah topic from Shidduchim to Kosher to Learning in Yeshiva."

So it's not a forum for those who are frum, it's just a frum site."

So why are you questioning what I posted - before you said exactly the same thing as I already had said in some weird way to correct me???

bauerskate doesn't usualy try to emberass people, and is generaly pretty mellow about things.

(I think the 'embarrass' clause was directed at melech)

flaming off the derech.