[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Ian]
I think the damning by faint praise in the "means well" phrase we need to come
back to. I'd like to think I'm not as naive as I may sound (I'm an educated
person in my 50's with a fair bit of first experience of the world's cultures,
etc ...) but having an intellectual conversation with someone I trust is quite
different to the way I would behave in a different social situation - you do
believe that right ?

[Arlo]
This was a poor choice of words on my part. I meant only that you sincerely
believe that "intelligent design" is a metaphor, and can construct a cogent
argument on that point. In other words, I did not believe you were trying to
slip theism in through the back door. 

Sorry if that came across any other way.