Jerry and Susan:

I am sorry for any upset my post caused. I think you both know I do not post with any intention to harm. That said, however, I repeat that you have taken what I said and confused it with some other statement, perhaps more insulting, from some other source at some other time.

What I said, and I think it is true, is that the responses you get when you proselytize are similar to the young lady in my imaginary example. And for similar reasons.

It has nothing to do with the reality of your faith, but rather with the gap between your reality and that into which you are communicating -- mine, for example. Maybe the fact that this is too true accounts for the scope of your unexpected reaction.

I admire you both in spite of my metaphysical differences of opinion.   

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