[Despanan]

By the way, as there seems to be some confusion about my ability to acknowledge the "good" that religion does. I freely acknowledge that religion has done good things. I freely aknowledge that Catholics probably are more likely to back socialist-type policies than Calvinists. Just because I have stated my argument with force and verve and a level of caustic mockery does not mean I'm not objective about this shit. I will give credit where credit is due.

That said, Alan, you're harping on the fact that I used terms like "Dark ages" and "Made a decision" as if I am unaware of the intricacies of these eras and political struggles. Not only is this point a semantic one (and a silly one at that) it ignores the fact that I never intended to go into detail on them specifically because they were throwaway examples, in a rebuttal, to an argument which was largely a red-herring to begin with. There is no reason to go into greater detail about the intricacies of medeival culture, or the political landscape of the American sixties because they are not even tertiarily related to the argument at hand

Edit: That should say "pet issue" in the post above. Stupid smartphone.