Do you feel like some of the participants in this thread are arrogant and disrespectful towards you, or are you trying to help formulate plans of action that will be better received? I read your words but have no confidence that I know your position.
I wasn't talking about me. In fact, I'm one of the disrespectful sometimes, now that I think about it.
I ask you in return, how do you behave when you show others fact after fact supporting your position while they maintain their position and provide no evidence what-so-ever?
I become irritated.
But still, I think that I and others have been a little too contemptuous of somebody's serious religious beliefs at times.
Something else that I have noticed is that people tend to jump to conclusions about someone's basic beliefs. Now that has happened to me many times, but then I like to jump around and play with different ideas.
One more point: a poster might sound mighty ignorant about one topic, but that doesn't mean they are ignorant about everything.