Finally here

[Dedworth]

I am afraid that you haven't helped or endeared yourself a lot with an unwinnable religious debate.
You may, actually, have lost any brownie points collected before then...

I sincereley hope to be wrong in my assumption but it sounds as if you will have to work very hard at rebuilding the relationship.

Northerner - I'd cross my fingers and hope it ends in a short dose of Tampo

[Northerner]

Oooh.. The Religious debate.. Well, I did keep my mouth shut for as long as I could, until it was clear somebody was trying to convert me. Then all those pages of the God Delusion, the End of Faith and God is not Great came to the forefront of my mind. I have no problem with anyone of any faith, so long as they accept me as a person of no faith. And if they don't and assume I am ignorant, then I will speak out.

I too was raised in a devout Catholic family! I have an Aunt who goes to church every day... Why???

Because her son (who we think was gay) killed himself after a nervous breakdown and a lousy life with bouts of depression. That's what happens when a kid who is different is forced into a college to train as a priest And so now she "knows" that her son is in hell after commiting such a sin against the creator.. Perhaps this is one of the reasons I looked twice at my church and thought, hold on..... Plus I did actually read the bible as a kid and could debate my RE teacher even back then

Ahhhhhhh....