It is clear that I am a theist, and have little patience with the atheists here who despise

[Lacipyt]

58. So what do you know?

"Progressive values" are "the right thing to do?" And you know this, how? Do you have an innate understanding of right and wrong? That is something I lack, and wish to know how to acquire it. Is there some formula, empirically tested, of course, that allows you to rest easily knowing you are in the right?

The "struggle for human rights", as you put it, is often also a "struggle against religion." Now without a qualifier like "some" or "most," using a noun like "men" or "religion," it's fair to assume you mean ALL of said group and not merely a part of it.

You strike me as the type utterly, happily ignorant of the the U.S. Bishops urging federal immigration reform, an end to the embargo in Cuba, applaud the repeal of the death penalty in CT, issue an ecumenical document on the connection between the Eucharist and environmental stewardship, call on the President to ban landmines, and argue that the Federal Budget must not reduce aid to the poor and vulnerable because you're just, obsessed, maybe, with sex and how they stand on those issues.

I can understand that. I was young and virile once myself. I've discovered, happily, there is more to life than that.