Warp wrote:
>   I think a serious counter-argumentation of the false claims would have
> been more constructive and instructive.

Errr, where does one start? :-) It's all been done before, firstly. 
Secondly, much of the mocking was in the form of pointing out the false 
claims and contradictions and laughing, because they were so obviously 
false.

Anyway, that didn't really answer the question. Do you think it's wrong 
to be so confident (arrogant) as to be able to dismiss unsupported 
nonsense out of hand, or do you only object to actually offending the 
believers of the unsupported nonsense?

My take on it is yah, while it's *possible* all that stuff is true, the 
likelihood is *so* low that it's best to ignore that possibility. Like 
not bothering to wear lightning rods in your hat unless it's raining. 
It's not that I know The Ultimate Truth, but that Creationism isn't any 
more likely than Thor and Zeus making lightning or Apollo towing the sun 
across the sky.  I won't be buying fur coats for Ragnarok either.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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