To Smokey.: Point taken. We try to teach our kids not to respond to bullying. Same principle.

To Ron Davies: Point is:   if atheists can't take jibes, they shouldn't give them out.

Some of them can be awfully delicate. And few of them are really terribly logical for all their bluster. But then I have two earned degrees in Philosophy (not to brag or anything) and have put a lot of time into studying logic (both formal and informal) and analysis.