Against my better judgment, I followed the link to the Pharyngula blog that TUaD posted...

Baaaaaad decision. Too much to take in, but too strange for an interested Catholic not to read and sift through for shreds of light and decency. Which there weren't many of. I need a shower. And bed.

That's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back. Thanks a lot, TUaD. Dude, I need some warning next time - did you actually read any of that verbal sewage?

I guess the one thing I can take from it is, no matter how vehemently the atheists protest that their disrespect is directed at an idea and not people, their words and actions belie this. They do not in fact respect religious people or any norms of human decency because of their atheism. And this, not any act of PZ Myers or any deluded copycat, is what will lay the groundwork for persecution of religion in the secular society they envision.

Mark Shea is right - the desecrators and those cheering them on have gone insane.

Though he mentions he has a child; beware, Professor, the lessons you are teaching your son - that ill-natured deeds and malice are things of virtue and bravery. Some day, you may have cause to regret it.

"But," some might say, "how can we judge that he is a non-believer - how can we bar him from the pulpit - until we have heard everything that he could possibly ever say?" As the primate makes clear, it's not that hard. Just say no.

Two days is not a fair trial of any new method. If the people in the pews rejected any of our innovations on the basis of two outings we would soon point out to them that it takes more than two encounters with the new to explore its potential.

Of course you would point that out, you arrogant jackass! But the fact is, some people are capable of recognizing that there is no potential after one or two tries. Some are capable of seeing right through your little games and maneuvers. The truth hurts, doesn't it, Colton?