I did not infer it, I implied it... ;-)

But, yes, my remarks are, as you say, mostly a bit of heated hyperbole. Anyway, when I am complaining about people in the world who are dogmatic...and there are plenty of them, both religious and not...why would you have to assume that it is you I'm referring to?

But we probably all do things like that, and react defensively like that. I know I do, often as not.

Communicating with people over a keyboard is just not the best way to do it. We'd be better off discussing things in real 3-D life, so we could see facial expressions, hear tone of voice, and remember not to be totally rude to one another.

The Internet can be a not very nice place...and the trouble is, it's so damned easy! That's what sucks people in. They don't even have to get out of their chair. Like watching TV only you get to make your own input too...so it's even more addictive.