Well, I guess I don't know what you're talking about Yes, the closest I can come to describing myself is to say I'm a progressive Catholic. I'm interested in most honest forms of religious and philosophical thought - particularly Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism. Born-again Christians make me nervous because I see their thinking as shallow and narrow, but I do my best to deal with them with respect because I think they're mostly sincere.

The only people I cannot respect, are those who live their lives to attack and denigrate and ridicule others. I suppose they have reason for their intolerance. Maybe they're insecure and the only way they can maintain the illusion of security is by attacking others. But I can't have sympathy with their insecurity, because they express it by being unfair to others.

-Joe Offer-