well, i did go to catholic schools for 12 years...went to church 3 times a week until i was 18...my mother is the principal of a catholic school...my father used to be a teacher in a catholic school...had a bunch of protestant and neocon friends in college...i have met and had many, many hours of discussions with a fairly large number of christians, so my views do not come only from the mass media.

however, my point was not to slam christians...or to say that most of them hold the view that all athiests are evil. rather, my point was to say that i do not expect mainstream christians to somehow stop radical christians from believing what they believe. apparently, however, i did not make my point very well.

(to address your point about my social circle--since it has come up a couple of times...at this point in my life, my social life is pretty much nil...i work ridiculous hours trying to make this business pay off...so, yes, at this point in my life, my social circle is pretty non-diverse due mainly to the fact that you can't get much diversity in a group of about 5 people. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" /> however, it has not always been that way, and i definitely am not one to exclude people from my social circle because of their beliefs.)