I will with you, when you display some evidence of the "love your neighbour" tenet so central to Jesus' message. Quite frankly I find it hypocritical that someone who professes to be so deeply Christian is so intolerant of others' beliefs and so consistently insulting to people like me who do not share them.

I deeply respect the Christians I have known who have a deep love for humanity. You said yourself that respect is something which is earned.

My husband has worked himself to the bone for 22 years and he is not going to go any "further" because he is not part of the breadhead ethos whereby you can go up the corporate ladder if you have drinks with the right people and wear the right suits. He's too genuine and down-to-earth. Neither of us has the business sense or knowledge, either, to start up our own business. The majority of people in the working population could say similar things I think. We simply cannot aspire to be high-earning managers or business owners. The American Dream doesn't come true for everybody and there need to be safeguards in place. You seem to be telling me that everyone ought to simply work hard enough to earn lots of money, which will happen through the fruits of their labours, and then they will be happy. And you tell me I am naive?

How does any of this equate to farmers ceasing to work in the fields? If they don't earn mega-bucks, they don't get taxed mega-bucks. And with a welfare state in place, there would be safeguards in case their crops fail.


Please explain how this has anything to do with what I've said here?


Until RAZD came along, I was also the only person regularly posting pro-evolution information in that particular forum. The peer pressure is killing me.