Good evening, my dear waiting. You know, I meant to mention this a while ago, but you have almost too much class for this board. Almost.
You said,
Why do we have to kill them with "Christian kindness?" Quite a few of us are openly atheists, agnostics, etc.
Sorry. I must've had a jdub flashback! <g> I don't personally believe everything I was raised to believe about the man. It's just that when insults are being flung, it's a little counter-productive to respond in kind. You know that. I've never seen a post of yours where you got down and dirty.
Dubs don't really bother me. (Hell, my mom is a dub!!) I was one for so long, I understand exactly how they think, what they are likely to say and why they are likely to say it. I know where they want the discussion to go and how they are going to get there. I'm shaking my head as I write this... an easy argument to win, if that's what I want to do.
Their childish attempts at insult are just that... very juvenile. They cannot attack the arguments so they attack the person. (There must be a word for that.) I'd rather not sink to their level, but I know that not all agree with my methods, and that's cool, too. Achieving common courtesy? Having civility as a goal, regardless of our diverse spiritual perspectives? A worthy goal, I'd say. It's gotta start somehwere.
In the hopes of being civil to Rex, even though he said he would ignore me, I take back calling him a "dork".
"Dork"? <g> Like I said, you got too much class.
peace,
tj