Everyone1 Jan 2004

You can tell somebody isn't thinking when they start a comment with "Believe what you will - it's your right". What an utterly pointless thing to say. Next time you think about saying that, ask yourself what you think it will achieve. Since this discussion has NOTHING to do with whether or not I have a right to believe something, don't you think it's rather bizarre that you would start off on that track? Good Christ I hope so.

And as for your refusal to engage in what you call "meaningless banter", I can only say I'm not surprised you're unwilling to defend your beliefs though I am rather bemused as to why YOU think putting forward a rational defence of your beliefs would necessarily constitute "meaningless banter". It seems we agree on one thing at least...

With regard to YOUR comment on being a child molester, I'm afraid you have quite utterly missed the point. Either that or you just wanted to casually slip your own history of child abuse into the conversation to make it look as if you know what you're talking about. I wasn't accusing you of child molestation. I wanted to raise the question that if there is such a thing as free will, then is it possible to have a world without child molestation that still has free will? Since (I assume) you do not molest children, yet (presumably) you believe you have free will, I don't understand why Jesu can't get rid of child molestation altogether and still keep free will. Do you?

Nice one.