the *sighs*, Carol, I try to reserve for inappropriate reasoning about their beliefs, and for total mis-readings and mis-interpretations of MY posts. I am abjectly sorry if any of my statements or arguments seem to be judging a person, rather than an idea or concept. In many ways, we are all a compilation of our beliefs and attitudes, but with care, we can compare ideas, and just agree to disagree.

"... when people don't conform to your idea of what they should or should not believe." I hope I am not guilty of actually suggesting that anyone should believe only my way.

In another thread, someone posted to the effect "what are you gonna do if it turns out there IS a God...isn't it better to bet the safe way?"

My response was "this is Pascal's Wager, and a bad reason for belief...I'd much prefer to have someone explain that they believe 'just because'..."


I welcome suggestionsas to what I should do differently...besides "go away and shut up if you don't like the way the topic is going"...*grin*...neither you nor I are able to do that easily!