[jokermatt999]

It's all about the tone. If you'd expressed concern that religious powers are holding us back in terms of scientific progress (stem cells, attempts at creationism in schools, etc), I think you'd have wide agreement. Instead, you said it in a more "reddit" mocking way, which rarely goes over well here.

[drivebyacct2]

I guess I just assumed it was implied. I generally don't like typing out my dissertation on how religion has held back social progress since the birth of America and the fact that that includes everything from cutting funding for scientific research, education, grants, etc to telling gay people they can't get married. It's all fundamentally anti-intellectual. Expressing it usually just gets me in a fit of rage.

I guess " religious folk think they have a seat at the intellectual table as well" is mocking, but I still stand by it. It's a succinct indictment of people who by definition don't adhere to reason having way too much power over those of us with the intelligence and ideas to do REAL GOOD in politics and science and society.

Now my moaning reply was just silly, but I was annoyed. Probably because I spent a lot of yesterday arguing with a Baptist.