How do I get off this list?

Wally Day wrote:

> > Ken wrote:
> > >
> > >  Everyone I know personally, who is not religious,
> > is absolutely terrified
> > > that
> > >  there might be a god.   One of those people goes
> > to lengths to avoid any
> > > sort of
> > >  discussion that might tend to convince him.
>
> I would not assume that response is because they are
> terrified of the presence of a god or of conversion. I
> am not "unreligious", but I am not very religious
> either. I avoid getting into discussions of gods or
> religion with someone who is *very* religious for one
> of four reasons: that I may somehow "ruin" this
> person's life by disproving one of his/her points;
> that this person will no longer enjoy my company
> because of the differences in world view; that the
> discussion will get very heated and this person will
> "fly off the handle" and start calling demons out of
> me (this actually happened); or that the "discussion"
> will be so illogical it will go absolutely nowhere.
> Plus, I have noticed that the religious are usually
> better prepared to support their side of the argument
> because they are either coached by their religious
> leaders or they have just plain rehearsed their
> arguments (a lot of times they just "attack"). Of
> course, there are reasonable religious folks out there
> who are sensible, reasonable, open minded, and know
> their religious history. I very much enjoy bantering
> with these folks.
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