--- 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.
Actually, if you read the exchange, he's quite condescending to such people and makes it very clear that he finds their beliefs absurd.
