""Can you honestly say that nowhere in any of your posts is there a form of words that could be construed as meaning one should not believe in religion? I also feel that your description of Catholic schools in the UK is a distortion of today's reality.""

Yes Brendan, I believe I can honestly say that. My posts have expressed only my lack of belief in, or need for any organised religion or church. I have never, as far as I can recall, invited anyone to join me, let alone told anyone whet he should or should not believe.

My description of my childhood experiences at one specific Catholic grammar, under the auspices of one specific group of Jesuit brothers, could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be mistaken for a description of ""Catholic schools in the UK"", today or at any other time.

I think very carefuly about how I compose posts and it's disconcerting when they are then taken to mean something someone else would like to respond to.

Don T.