Frank Mayhar wrote: > Alex Nixon wrote: >> Post Script: Christ David, you really despise religion in all of its >> forms. I have one question: Where you beaten up as a child by a >> group consisting of Christians, Buddhists, and Greco-Roman Pagans? >> 'Cause this really is a whole lot of hate over something that's easy >> to ignore. > > Easy to ignore? I Don't Think So. When the President of the US (Bush > the elder) vilifies a whole set of people for not sharing his belief > in God, that's tough to ignore. When I'm confronted with the > assumption of such belief every time I turn around, simply because > 99.9% of Americans share it and assume, unthinkingly, that _everyone_ No where near 99.9% of 'Americans' believe any one thing (religion in specific!), if we did we'd have at least one point to cooperate upon. > shares it, that's tough to ignore. When I am insulted as an > individual and as a member of a minority for not believing in any > kind of religion, _that's_ tough to ignore. And on top of all that, > I live in Southern California, which may be one of the least > religious areas of the US. > > "Easy to ignore?" Where have _you_ been living?