"Stephen Paul" wrote in message

Interestingly enough, it is the intiators of religious discussion who do
most of the hurting by bringing up the subject in an inappropriate
environment, and then trying to defend their belief system.

The people they are hurting, aren't the folks on the other side of the
argument either. It's the folks who would otherwise agree with them, as
they watch their belief system get raked over the coals by folks who have
an axe to grind.

I'm not too worried about Rich's or Davoud's spiritual sensitivity ;^)

Ed T.