Some psychologists claim that boredom is repressed anger. If I look at creationism and find it lacking, and the creationists continue to try to convert me or preach at me, I will be bored, ie. I will feel angry that they are judging me based on what I believe is a view they are entitled to hold to, but not to force on me. I used to be a church goer, but now would be totally bored (angry) at the sermons, which I believe are judgemental and attempts to tell me I need help with my relationship with God. If I offend you and hurt you, you have every right to be angry (bored) with me, but some guy on a soap box or in a pulpit has no cause to preach to me, and if I am bored, I need to remember that I have a right to feel angry. My best, Ellie