"Steve continually goes on in really insulting terms about an old man in a white robe floating around on a cloud.....well not in so many words, but he implies that believers are immature or deranged."

I have never got anywhere near mentioning old men in robes on clouds, nor have I either stated or implied that believers are immature or deranged.

"When it comes down to it , it is none of his business what people believe"

Correct, and I've said it dozens of times.

"...or tell their children as long as it does not damage the children or society."

Well I actually think it's everyone's business what people tell their children. Children are strapping bombs to their bodies because adults have told them that blowing themselves up in a crowd of infidels will give them priority in paradise. I regard that as fully my business, actually. More benignly, Christians tell children lies under the guise of religious "education". That's my business too. Those children are my future just as much as their parents'. As a matter of fact, my tax money is used to pay teachers of religion to tell those lies. That definitely makes it my business.

"I certainly do not see present day Christianity doing anything but "good".......Joe's "goodness" metaphor carries a lot of weight with me, and during my wife's illness many Christians where I live have expressed good wishes and prayers for her recovery even though neither of us are churchgoers. Their kind thoughts and prayers have been very welcome and have been made in all sincerity."

Well their prayers may have been welcome but they didn't do your wife much good, and I note that you mention only Christians. I suppose that it takes Christianity to provide all the help and good wishes that your wife ever gets. I trust that you always check the religious credentials of all those doctors and nurses before you let them go near your wife.