OK John P, in the interest of debate, you are guilty of attributing what may be true of the part to the whole, ie. That because some percentage do it, all do it. Does this sound familiar? It's the same argument racists use against blacks: "They're all no good! Look how many are in prison." That's one.

A second is an unsubstantiated assertion of facts not in evidence. To wit: "Given how many "take no prisoners" Christians there are running around, how do we know if a total stranger is one of those or not? How do we know that a refusal of the offer of prayer isn't going to piss off a Christian who holds our lives in their hands?" Says you?

As for Hitler, there I will have to agree with you. It is simply amazing how many times the spectre of Hitler is raised in these threads, which almost always (IMO) throws the discourse off. As with my hyperbole above, it is the extreme case in point, attempting to prove one's position.   Sometimes it IS appropriate to extend an illogical argument to its ultimate conclusion to demonstrate the fallacy, however, let's be a little more creative and try to leave Hitler out of the picture.