for the record... part of what makes a person good in the sciences is their ability at pattern recognition coupled with the ability to extrapolate. You'll see it in testing materials, especially for young children.

where you find passive- aggressive behavior is in people who feel vulnerable and defenseless. For whatever reason, it appears that pete has chosen to believe that strict belief in selected parts of his bible will save him/keep him safe and is afraid to risk that safety net by ignoring non-believers...   he has to take action to prove his worthiness of salvation. If it were otherwise, he could merely decide to pray for all us "sinners" and trust in his god to handle us.

I'll never forget what a former professor said about living in the bible belt... every week they would be visited by various churches and invited to services... it never ceased and his observation was that they were very polite... but not very nice. Strict adherence to politeness kept them from becoming violent. Nice people don't need that layer of control.

Perhaps that helps explain the militarized police in some of our more fundamentalist towns/states...