Actually I wasn't trying to call anyone a name. It's a pretty common expression.
I was referring to the futility of these sorts of discussions online. I certainly didn't mean any sort of direct attack or insult. I can be pretty passionate in an argument, but I'm passionate and angry at ideas and such... I don't pass that on to people. I apologize if I was misunderstood.
But... I don't just study religion, either. I live it out, I live it out in my own life, communally and in organizations that work with religions and people affected by it. It's fine not to agree with anything I have to say but I'm absolutely not some academic hanging out in an ivory tower.
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