"Why can't we all just get along?"

I think most of us do. I get along fine with you and Stim and Don though our perspectives are different (always bearing in mind that front-of-the-house comments might well be masking cordial offline relationships). When I think about it, I get far more worked up about people who attack honest science in these threads than about those who attack atheism. I think it's OK to be fearless about putting across our contradictory and provocative views with no holds barred as long as lack of thought, misrepresentation (a cardinal sin in my book) and prejudice can be left at the door. It's annoying when you seem to be spending half your time informing eejits who should be able to read that you did not say or mean what they claim you said or meant, even though you'd typed it in plain English in the first place.