well tag, quite frankly i would not want to answer your question.  i have my answer, but to you it would seem incredulous.  honestly your arguments seem ridiculous to me as well.  and it is because of this that i refuse to answer.  for one, it would just keep going on in circles with me insisting on my view being the gospel truth and you insisting on your arguments being correct.

i also don't doubt your ability to argue.  you're in KI.  i'm just a GP student.  i guess have no capacity to outdo you in an argument.  on top of this, i don't want to argue.  i'm your friend, and i hope to remain so.  i don't wish for religion, or in your case the belief that there is no need for it, to be a point of contention.  i hope you understand that while you may feel you are voicing out certain opinions, it would at times be insulting to some, and considered blasphemy by all.

i don't understand why you decided to post that long string of messages on my tagboard and i don't want to know as well.  but let's just understand that you have your views and i have my faith.  i have never, at any time, forced my faith upon you.  Christianity is, and will always be, a personal choice.  fair enough that Christianity has been perverted by certain groups, but i hope you'll understand that not all Christians are part of some cult or that Christianity is a means to brainwash individuals.

in the same way that i have not forced my faith upon you, i hope you will think twice before posting such stuff.  personally i tolerate such things.  but i hope to warn you that others might not and i hope you won't do this to someone who may lose his or her temper.

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you may think that my arguments are banal.  well they're not arguments at all.  they're just views that i have and my personal beliefs as a Christian.  you may, and probably will disagree with me.  fine by me.  once again, hope this would not be a point of division.