Madelyn O'Hair's fate in the press proves your point. He is on a tightrope with this topic.
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 24, 2007, at 11:55 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > Yes that is where I have seen him the most. Just his existence as a > > conservative, gay Cathlic is a mindbender. I agree that his is a > > mixed bag, smart but not the most logical guy. > > > > Sam's very dry wit does come through in his Letter to a Christian > > Nation. He is just not good in a personal debate format. I saw him > > debating the guy who wrote "No God But God" a Muslim and he just > > couldn't play to the audience very well. He was also so stiff on John > > Stewart. He is a serious guy. > > > And for good reason: what he's debating concerns, quite literally, > the future of life on this planet. He's also stuck in the rather > difficult position of not condescending or making fun of people who > hold (really) truly absurd beliefs and ideas. If you let out one hint > that you find their arguments funny, laughable or even primitive, you > lose an entire chunk of your listening audience who, despite their > religiosity, might be able to make a big jump if they are not put on > the defensive. Put them on the defensive and you loose them. > > It's a very tricky balance to maintain in debate, so therefore it may > be best to maintain a sober affect. Of course this only feeds the > 'heartless-humanist-Mr. Spock' persona religionists routinely project > as the very nature of soulless, "Godless" atheists. >
