Reply #42: I don't think there is a way [View All]

[Jamnt]

to rant about this topic without offending anyone. I when I said "church" and "organized religion" I did NOT mean the christians in general or Catholics in particular. Those who read it that way demonstrate their own sensitivity and "natural" (I believe programmed) protection of their faith. (Bring it on, I have a tough skin) What I did mean was much more general. What originally caused me to get upset was the thread I pointed to, in which the Pope was quoted. This was then taken as an attack on christians, which of course it wasn't. (It seems their is a least one person in this thread that believes the only "church" is the Christian chruch.) It WAS an attack on ALL theologies that ignore science and common sense.

I find it very telling in reading this thread that I've been attacked not on the basis of what I've said, but on who I may have offended. Why isn't there more talk and debate on the logic I've presented? I believe that's where truth lies, not in the emotionalism of "offence".