re: #372 Liberally Conservative

I have a couple issues with it, such as it making a strawman of intolerant and aggressive evangelists…

Without getting into your other points, I can tell you from much personal experience that this is absolutely not a straw man argument. I’ve received dozens, possibly hundreds, of hate mails from pissed off fundamentalists because I’ve posted articles supporting evolution, and a very very common theme is that I’m doomed to burn forever in hell.

I’m not saying you are like that. But there’s a reason why this kind of irrational behavior is so common — it’s instilled in these people since birth, and when they’re challenged on it, the only response they have is to threaten eternal damnation.