A response to the R.F.S.P. post

I had written earlier about Sir Banagor's epic rant and his followup. It seems that one of his readers complained... Here is Sir Banagor:

Idiotic Comment
Somebody (whose name I shall not mention, but apparently begins with Elaine) just commented today on my Really Fucking Stupid People piece with the following comment:

Comment:
1. You are so hateful you must be very religious.
2. You might have an education, but it was wasted on you.

Just to note, as I�ve stated many times before, I am not religious. I am a complete atheist. Cultural heritage notwithstanding, I do not believe in God, Heaven, Hell, or anything supernatural. My �religion� is science, and my moral guidance is my love and respect for humanity and all of its great achievements. But do I believe in any sort of �Bible� with a higher being looking over me?

No.

Do I respect some of those who do? Yes. That�s the difference. I respect religious people, perhaps not for their shared beliefs (which I do not entirely share), but for their outlook and, most importantly, how they act upon those beliefs. I don�t care which Bible or system somebody believes in, as long as it is a decent one and they do decent things for others.

Here is the money quote:

And yes, I do have an education. In fact, I used to be pretty far left on certain issues (though never, I might add, on Israel or the United States). But you see, Elaine (I can call you Elaine, can�t I?), I�m the product of your worst nightmares. I�m a traitor to the �leftist cause�. I woke the hell up. I went from Utopian idealist to Really Fucking Disillusioned Individual, mostly because the assholes blowing everyone up were being supported by the rest of my Utopian wide-eyed idealists who thought that putting silly little wilted flowers in the barrel of a gun was akin to some sort of profound philosophical statement about the world.

Read the whole thing...