[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Yorick: Again, the difference between your sig, and my words are mine is a blunt statement of how things ARE in that worldview. Yours were commenting on a perceived effect on humans minds. To compare the two is crazy.

NO, Yorick, it is NOT crazy to compare the two statements at all. Maelakin and Faceman are absolutely right.

You took offense at Maelakin for making a statement about an idea or mindset because you said that "religion" is not just a generic noun...it is a concept comprised of many individuals that follow that specific mindset....and that Maelakin should have realized an insult to the concept would likely be percieved as a personal insult to the individuals that follow that mindset or believe in that concept.

Yet you make an even more insulting statement about a concept or mindset that you disagree with, then claim that nobody should be offended because you are just calling a spade a spade. You are being just as blind to the feelings of the individuals that follow the mindset or concept you insulted as you accused Maelakin of being towards yours.

And you have been on a serious jag like this for the last week or so...arguing for pages and pages and pages that people must accept YOUR literal definition of various terms (and therefore reluctantly admit that you are right), yet you give no consideration for the fact that others may choose a slightly different - yet no less valid - definition of the term that suits them better.

I'm not sure what's going on with you right now, my friend....but your posts are taking on an increasingly argumentative tone in each thread. You need to step back and take a looooong, deep breath. Then take another 6 or 12 after that. Relax and calm down a bit. Life is too short to be this worked up.