Atheists and theists may not be rigid polar opposites. Nor need they be, imo.

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18. I didn't mean it as shorthand for anything other than what it is.

While our differences may play a part in defining us, which I think is true, our commonalities offer a bigger voice on some issues. I mentioned separation of church/state as one glaring situation today and there are many others. It was Justice Scalia's comments that got me thinking along the rigid polar opposite line when he literally labeled out country as a Christian nation. That is polarism in the extreme coming from a Supreme Court Justice.

I do favor civility, not as a canard but as a matter of simple respect for other points of view. I try to participate here as I would with anyone in day to day life. Don't always succeed in either venue.

Last night I bellowed across the courtyard on a very quiet Tuesday night to a neighbor, "Who the fuck do you think you are?"
He was raking up some flowers I'd laid out to dry on the walkway along the courtyard. Was drying them as a gift for my sister, so he had it coming. LOL.