Ahh... I fear that a friend of mine is 
attempting to initiate a dialogue about 
religion.  I should clarify my stance.

There are only two ways to be religious.  You can 
be fanatically religious, or you can be 
half-assed religious.

We can safely ignore those people who are half-
assed.  If you aren't willing to ritually scar 
yourself, protest the government, burn witches 
and oppress those who are different from you in 
the name of your faith, then you obviously are 
not a threat.  When the master plan comes to 
fruition, the half-assed people will fall into 
line as they always have.

The fanatics are divided into two groups... right 
and wrong.  If you are right --  fanatically 
right mind you -- then there is no need to 
discuss things further with you.  You are one 
of the chosen few, and you undoubtedly know 
it.

If you are a wrong minded fanatic, then you fall 
into one of two groups.  You are either a 
wrong minded fanatic who can be converted to 
the proper path, or you are a wrong minded 
fanatic who cannot be converted.

If you can be converted, you will be... as soon 
as we find you.  If you cannot be converted, 
you will serve as fodder for our new acolytes 
to sharpen their rhetorical claws on.  Screams 
and rants shall echo through the cobwebbed 
corridors of the temple, and all shall be 
well.

All fanatics have value.  I'm more than willing 
to discuss religious matters with fellow 
fanatics, but only so long as the discussion 
can be kept above a certain level of decibels, 
and only so long as there is a reasonable 
chance that blood, spit and sweat will 
fly.

Let me summarize:

THERE IS NO ROOM FOR RATIONAL RELIGIOUS 
DISCUSSION IN MY FAITH.

As I've said before, beliefs are like guns.  If 
you want to own one, you have to be willing to 
kill people with it... otherwise you're just 
posturing.

As a final note, I would like to add that I am 
not in the least bit upset with Blaise.  She is a 
dear friend, a wonderful person, and a 
spirited intellectual.

I'll be sure to send her a care package in Hell.