I have to say that while I doubt that anyone will ever be able to actually change Calgaryborn's mind, I find reading the replies to his posts quite enjoyable and enlightening. So many things said so much better than I could say them (and I come from a family of religious zealots myself). What it's taught me is that you can't argue with a zealot, because no matter how reasoned, how logical or what evidence you can provide to them, it won't matter a bit, because their faith trumps anything and everything period. I've honestly long wondered that if folks like that could just sit back, and without the passion of their faith read and really absorb what they've written...if they'd realize just how foolish they 'sound'.
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