[Faceman]

To clarify some things,

1. I am not an atheist, I am an agnostic
2. I was baptized, confirmed and raised as a Catholic and unlike others I hold the greatest respect for Christian (especially Catholic) faith and if I was discussing about the objective superiority of any faith (which would be pointless because religion is a subjective matter) I'd vote for Christianity as the best.
3. I see no shame in masturbation and I have no problem with it other than the
one you describer, sex is better.
4. Even if one has no problem with masturbation it remains that "having a wank" is a peiorative figure of speech in common use of language.
5. I was not offended by you statement, I simply pointed out that others may be.
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The bottom line is that you might have offended people, not whether you are right or wrong in either your definition of pantheism or your conception of masturbation.
And don't go playing the free speech card. If you are out to offend a group of people free speech doesn't apply anymore, because the good of the many outweighs the good of the few (you in that case) in our society. You don't go around calling homosexuals b**tf***ers just because you think that is the most accurate and simplicistic description, because it is offensive. And the offense doesn't chage if you put a "IMHO" next to it.
If it's you opinion and it clearly is offensive to others keep it to yourself and try to express it in a way that will spawn a legitimate discussion instead of just name-calling. It is called being considerate.