Of course I flatter myself Backwoodsman. No bugger else around here is going to. .

Back to the op etc. Whilst it is difficult to say which is the best religion, many of our contributors are showing us why Christianity isn't on any shortlist. With the exception of Joe Offer, who for his sins may be a good advert but Catholicism in general certainly isn't, the attack mode employed to ridicule anybody, even those being serious, who dares to challenge the moral authority of their cult is brutal, ugly and ultimately disturbing.

Don points out the difference between starting and responding. There is a third section. Prodding with a stick to get a reaction. Interestingly, I don't seem to have the monopoly on that approach.