Many of the views and opinions I espouse will offend the majority, as they do not conform to the status quo. This is healthy, folks.
Debate is good.
Perhaps when we all realize that, some real progress can be made. It is a matter of concern for me that I have observed that many religious people believe fervently in their religion, and yet have little or no faith. Before I get into this, let me give you the definitions that I will be working with for the discussed terms. There was a sitcom on one of the televisions in the room, which happened to be right above our table, and at one point in this sitcom there was a scene where a man dressed to look like Jesus Christ was sitting at the kitchen table playing poker with a couple of other guys. There were poker chips on the table, and it was pretty clear that Jesus had a killer hand and was about to skunk everybody else.