I have to add a big thank you to Boazy here. Thanks mate, you have made me see the error of my ways and have turned me into a much more productive human being. By filling up OLO with your religious tripe and bible quotes and totally hijacking threads that may have been more interesting, you have fatigued my interest in this site altogether. I can hardly be bothered reading or responding to anything these days. This of course has given me much more time to do things around the house and catch up on the little jobs, read books (the last Harry Potter was pretty good I thought) and talk to my wife more.

Thanks again Boazy!

Well I'm tired of ther debate with Boaz also. I wouldn't be if his answers and responses were rational and partly intelligent. But they're not. I might contribute if others like Pericles for example, continue. Otherwise I'm heading for more rational debates.

There are more sensible threads to contribute to than any of those that Boaz and Gibo hijack.

Allow me a translation for all the methods used to preach christanity on these forums, and the chief offenders.
Treat this as a quick reference guide, so you don't need to read the posts any more.

gibo: Join god, or else. *Insert loopy diatribe about flying saucers or a prophecy of the apocalypse.*

Boaz_David: Beware Islam. Join god. *Insert diatribe of X part of the bible said X* or alternatively *Islam is evil because of X part of the Qu'ran.*

runner: Join god. Abortions are evil and all pro choicers are evil baby killers.

coach: muslims are evil and pro-choicers are baby killers. Oh, by the way, Join god.

Thanks for the ready-reference TRTL, a handy guide for us all.

I understand your frustration Ditch. But this particular thread was started with the intention of discovering why and how every other thread is quickly diverted by the God Squad. As such, I think it has been very illuminating. But that isn't a reason to back down.

>>I'm heading for more rational debates. There are more sensible threads to contribute to than any of those that Boaz and Gibo hijack.<<

Regrettably, they all are hijacked, some sooner, some later. Since this is a free country that values free speech - however unpalatable that is for some - it is just something we rationals are happy to live with.

Boaz and Co. are "on a mission from God". Whenever I succumb to the need to react to them I see myself "on a mission from society".

Their fear of Islam is palpable. While this is in itself understandable - after all, their religions are in direct competition with each other - it expresses itself primarily in bilious and mindless scaremongering. Wherever this appears, I try to point out how stupid and pointless their reaction is, serving only to increase tension, and to foster hatred where before there was indifference.

What tends to happen then, is also frustrating.

After a couple of attempts to change the topic and avoid the difficult questions, they simply fade away, only to appear - as if nothing had happened - on another thread, with the same Chicken Little cluckings about the world ending in some kind of Islamic takeover.

But even that isn't a good reason to stop. Without some voices of moderation and reason, these folk will fill the blogosphere with their witless ravings, until no-one is left to listen, except themselves.

So it's not a lot of fun, but someone has to do it.

Actually, scratch that. On occasions, when you do hit a motherlode of their illogicality and non-sequiturs - which is fortunately quite often - it can be hilarious.

Back-flips, double-pike with a twist, triple salkow, you get to see them all.

I have to agree with most of that Pericles. The plus is the hilarity of some of their posts which can make hanging in the thread worthwhile.

Who said "Evil is what happens when good men do nothing"? That reasoning can be applied to the God squad's attempts to hijack and thread crap in this forum. Giving the bastards some opposition isn't such a bad idea.

Yes indeed Bugsy, Pericles, TRTL and Ditch - I find much to identify with in all your posts. It does get tiresome at times, but someone's gotta do it, eh?

Besides which, as we all know, it's often highly entertaining :)