I find it amusing that a chap who worries about a word in the title of a book being "derogatory" can also refer to someone who disagrees with him thus:

"an anti-theist as nasty as you"

"I'll not be wasting any more time reading your nonsense."

"I will not feed your apparent addiction to bulling [sic] behaviour"

"I am so proud to share a forum with the self-appointed pope of the Atheist Church."

"You really are loony"

"If you care about him, get him some help."

"Before you defend the sanity of his behavior read what he has said."

"He is acting crazy and I am saying so. That is not childish. It is the truth. I seriously hope that he goes and gets himself some counseling."

"Isn't that loony on the face of it?"

"But please note that he plans to bait insult and rant until you tell him to shut up."

"You see? I told you he was insane."

"His behavior is classic insane definition #3…"

"Steve is a troll. A troll who seems to limit his trolling to a specific topic but a troll nevertheless."

"you have allied yourself here with someone who is clearly only here to mock and who travels the Internet to mock as a bit of a hobby"

"What you have been saying seems like a cry for help. Or maybe like a young male trying to get the attention of a young woman by dipping her pigtails in an inkwell."

"You are not an atheist. You are a loon."

"Shaw,
You need counseling. You really do. There are plenty of places to get it besides church. Go get some."

"Smarty Shaw"


As for this gem from Jacko:

"Yes Dawkins knew what he was doing when he chose that word. He was being deliberately insulting and picking a fight. He was saying that that to be a follower of a theist religion is to be mentally ill and that is as far as I can see is the theme of the book."

I have the book and that is not in the remotest sense the "theme" of it. You should also know, Jacko, that "delusion" does not refer to mental illness unless it refers to a specific person in a specific medical context. It is perfectly clear, though it may not suit you, that its use in the title of the book has nothing to do with mental illness. I suggest you get a copy and try reading it. Nowhere in The God Delusion does Dawkins accuse believers of being mentally ill.