Methinks Brendan confuses "verbally violent" with exasperation.

In reality, pete is perhaps the most insulting poster on such threads. He treats the whole genre of discovery and the benefits to society it gives with contempt.

Mind you, he does agree with me over the hypocrisy of boutique Christians, although he hasn't worked out that I see no problem with pick n mix. After all, if intelligent people had to believe in magic as part of their faith, that'd be a few thousand potential bingo halls in the UK alone....