I'm finding it very interesting that this thread keeps threatening to go off onto a slanging match ... and then I read wonderful posts about acceptance.

I keep thinking back to a news story I read a couple of months ago - Australian "Angel" Saves Lives at Suicide Spot - CBS News - and feel that the vision of door knockers that I'm being offered matches this story.

OG - I think a lot of the angst comes from lack of understanding and education - unfortunately to many, religion is something they don't *want* to be educated in, and yet argue against. Just my 2c there