It's late and I should probably not try to make coherent statements concerning politics and religion after 4am.

I've had intelligent religious folks suggest to me that they are shocked I'm not a jerk, because so many of the prominent atheists in popular culture are jerks. Dawkins is a primary offender: he has a hard time answering any question without sounding smug and superior.

This is a problem for me because I believe that he's mostly correct in his assertions.

However: people don't remember what you say, they remember how they felt after you said it.