In reply to Chuck.

I've been mulling over that last paragraph in your January 6th comment for a long time. I'm still not quite sure how to respond to it, but I think I've finally figured out why it makes me so uncomfortable: to me, it suggests that the fact that I believe a certain statement about the nature of the universe to be true -- whether or not I take any action based on that belief -- necessarily makes me rude and disrespectful toward those who those who do not believe that statement to be true. That's something that would make me uncomfortable no matter what the statement was, and no matter what side of the debate I was on.