Originally posted by anthson
I really have not attempted to bring religion into this discussion! I used one word: religiously. As in ... "she jogs every morning religiously" or "he listens to Rush Limbaugh religiously." Grabelyn took a pot-shot at me, mentioned the Bible, made an inaccurate and totally unfair assessment of my beliefs, and suddenly I'm the one guilty of trying to make this a religious discussion.
I apologize. I am bringing baggage to this discussion from how past threads like this one have developed with your participation, and that baggage has led me to misinterpret your usage of RELIGIOUSLY. It was not intended to be an attack on you personally, but I honestly thought my post reflected your own statements in the past (i.e. that all of your values and beliefs are rooted firmly in your interpretation of God's Will as interpreted through scripture).

That is a perfectly respectable point of view, and one that can even be debated in a perfectly respectable and productive way. Indeed, the Christian community does this all the time, both within and between its sects. I would have been interested in your response to the various Christian perspectives that reconcile more easily with science when compared with the point of views you have expressed regarding various science related issues. However, clearly, based on your followup posts, such a discussion is not what you had in mind at all, and I again apologize that my remarks have been taken as an attack on you. That was not at all my intent. .

I do not want to derail this thread, but I felt this public note was better than a PM to Anthson, as at least one other person seems to have found offense with what I posted.