"Taking a life is a sin in certain circumstances. At other times, it is necessary, but usually has some regrettable aspects. Didn't you know that?"

And did YOU know that saying to a woman who's planning an abortion that what she's doing is "regrettable" sounds judgemental, patronising, sanctimonious and downright upsetting? Never forget that you are a man.

"Steve Shaw, I'm sorry my faith is not as complicated as you wanted it to be, but that's what I believe - simply that God is Good. I believe in Good, and I believe in God as the personification of Good."

Sorry, I'm not allowing you to get away with usurping "good" in that manner. I also believe in Good but I know that Good comes out of people unhampered by a God. If someone is "good" on the back of a God who almost certainly isn't there, then it doesn't say much about that person. If you believe that a God is THE personification of Good, as you state, you are not thinking this through. See below apropos of sloppy language...

"And no, I don't believe in all that bad stuff you list, and I don't support or defend it."

Don't you think I already know that? Why do you think I picked you up on it? Because you expressed it in sloppy language, that's why, shortly after castigating me over my understanding of English and calling me a dunce. Sailor Jack used to do the same thing and he got the same treatment. And I suppose you're now going to say that you can't respond to Steve Shaw and his blathering. Or maybe you've learned.