It strikes me that many of our outspoken atheist contributors care more about venting their opinions than they do about the effect that it has on our rapidly dying community.

It is possible to discuss one's ideas about the nature of life and the choices we have in dealing with it without calling others names, though this is not as cathartic as some of you need.

The thing about catharsis is that no one wants to walk through the detritus, and as Mudcat dwindles, most of what we've got left is detritus.