Originally Posted by Roger Pearse

I wondered if people would attack me personally, rather than address my comments; and attempt to stifle what I have to say, rather than discuss it. But then this is what I find amusing about these sorts of replies.

Originally Posted by Roger Pearse

It's rather like shouting "Jew! Jew!", in fact.... or "heretic! heretic!" or "witch! witch!" when confronted with Wrong Thinking. Those who can't cope with free thinking tend to do this a lot, I notice; which is what makes it so funny -- to cynics like me -- to find *atheists* doing it. It rather makes a mockery of atheists claiming to be "free thinking", or "non-conformists" or "rebels", while this kind of thing goes on.

And anyway... since when was atheism identical with political correctness? Or, indeed, is it?