[Most of the atheists (and agnostics too) that I've met at the university level have been highly intelligent, thoughtful and well-studied people. In fact, when discussing theological and other issues, I greatly prefer their company over like-minded believers, who can usually only spout off what somebody else has told them w/ little original thought or study.]

So you're non-denominational but in a university? And you "greatly prefer" to hang out with atheists and agnostics because they're such originalists. If you don't mind me asking, then why are you posting here? I've still never met one that had ever read, much less understood, the Bible. The internet's crawling with those types.