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On Feb 25, 10:42=A0am, Geoff Berrow  wrote: > > I'll confess, I don't get it. =A0I just don't understand why this is > such a problem.

Are you still so sure that none of them are insecure about whether their arguments really stand up to scrutiny? That would surely explain the touchiness whenever their opponents put forward challenging arguments. And also the "I don't want such-and-such to be discussed at all even if I choose not to take part" attitude which resulted in this thread being started in the first place. It does seem to me that some people like to delude themselves on particular subjects, and don't want cold hard logic to take too much of a foothold.

It's not like self-delusion is in any way unusual (look at how many people believe in God...not that I want to start that here! ;-) )