Ooh-Aah2, how does it feel to be god in your own little world? To decide whose beliefs are valid and whose aren't? This thread is perhaps now entering the lunatic-fringe part of the discussion, with the inmates running the asylum. If you believe that someone else's religion is a fairytale then you're perfectly rational, right? Declaring yourself agnostic or atheist doesn't put you above the conversation looking in, as much as you might want to position yourself thus. Anyone who participates is positioned somewhere within the context of the discussion and must take that into account.

I will point out right here that it is not my position to accept or reject your religion (or lack of it) but to state that your approach is non-scholarly when compared to the discourse that has gone before on this thread. It's not the beliefs that are expressed that are the problem, but the lack of critical thinking that goes into gushing out such overarching generalizations. Frankly, daylia and I have clashed on many occasions, usually to do with her use of totally undifferentiated source material.

This is written in a dispassionate tone, and with resignation that the timbre and nature of the conversation may well change from this point out. Too bad. It has been an enjoyable thread.

SRS