> Well I could move on but every time I see the forum it has this thread sticking out at me

And so then you absolutely have to have to have to must read it and respond to it? I mean there is absolutely no way that you can take a deep breath and think a little about how you don't seem to feel so good participating in this thread and then make a decision not to participate or not to read?

See... If we are looking at comprimise there seems to be two options. Firstly, you could complain to Doc John or one of the moderators and attempt to get this thread locked and or 'moved' to the trash. I personally think that that would be a great shame as (and other people can correct me if I'm wrong with that) but other people have participated on this thread and they have shared their thoughts and so you see this thread isn't just about me. Other people have been participating too. But one option would be that because you feel upset in response to this thread you attempt to get it closed down or locked because you are simply unable to refrain from reading or responding to it.

Another option would be for you to decide not to read or respond. Or if you insisted on reading and responding and persisted in feeling bad then you thought a little bit about how other people have responded to this thread too and so you see it isn't about me.

One of the things that most probably comes into play with respect to whether a thread gets locked / deleted or not is probably whether anybody complains or not. Unless a poster is fairly clearly hurting, attacking, lashing out, judging, accusing, being hostile to another poster etc then I really don't see why on earth people would complain rather than simply refrain from reading / responding however.

It is about tolerance and about appreciating that 'to each his own'.

> I could just leave without any spiritual support at all.

Why don't you start your own thread or post in response to others threads?

> Again, I read most of the posts as textbook offerings not the "I" statements that would show me your personal voyage.

That might be how you read them. I think I'm fairly good with "I" statements, however...

> I also become a bit miffed when ppl debate His existence...

Please don't jump to conclusions about me.

Thanks for your tolerance in advance.