^I made sure to include a smiley to assure that both no offense was intended as well as an acknowledgement to what I was sure would be a response to my point. (Remember when you made that suggestion...I've been using smileys a lot more since then).

I actually have noticed this. I feel that there are many fair-minded atheists and have a great deal of respect for them. Even those who criticize religion are still the recipients of my respect, as long as their criticism is fair-minded and not the I'm-a-super-hip-liberal sort. Though I know I've had religious related spats with you and others, I hope that as you've come to know me and my personality a bit better, you've seen taht I'm rather tolerant of others' views and their disagreement. I was not offended by Bobocop (though if I'd met him in person, I might request that he not disrespect someone so sacred to me in my presence, but this is an Internet forum).

My whole point to the post was merely to cause a little reflection. There are also many who are the "cool" sort, and they are prevalent on the 'net (though this site is actually generally rather respectful and genuine). If you go to Huffington Post or even IMDB and look at a discussions surrounding a religious flick, there are so many there who cling to a self-righteous nature that is particularly targeted at Christians (especially Catholics and Mormons), who think themselves far above Christianity, yet simultaneously overly-defensive of Islam. Or there are those who simply in ignorance criticize every aspect of religion, even the virtues of both Christianity and Islam, simply because they have "risen above" the foolishness of such superstitious beliefs.

I appreciate your take on most things C3PS, and I respect your view and tolerance in spite of our different worldviews.