Jim Said: "Camille's main reason to live was Sexual Personae (God, what a wonderful book for an English major to discover in the 1990s!), but she apparently can still drive over five hundred of you stupid fucking idiots into a pathetic whining frenzy, so she's as relevant as ever."

I agree that ‘Sexual Personae’ was a great book to find in the 90’s. I ate that shit up! But I’m one of those folks that kept reading and at least trying to learn after they left school. One of the things I learned in my ‘continuing education’ is that a lot of what Camille wrote about turned out to be complete hooey. However, with that said I also have to admit that, some of it was fairly important and interesting. Nevertheless, those of us who have followed her career and writing closely over the past few years have discovered that she shot her wad long ago. Paglia is running on fumes and bad ones at that. Her prose has declined and her thinking is erratic, trite and muddled. And worst yet, she has become like a nested loop, regurgitation the same tired themes over and over again in a way that borders on pathological (I’m being kind).

But you're wrong in thinking that if someone pisses enough people off they must be doing something provocative or 'relevant'. This is a fallacy. It’s like saying that if I walk around kicking everyone in the crotch that it’s somehow art when it’s really just pointless and painful provocation; just like Camille’s pop ramblings over the past eight years!

And for those for those of you getting into a huff and trying to tell everyone to shut up and move on—stop reading the damn posts! Nobody is forcing you to read these letters so go walk your dog or read something else and let people express themselves!

In her book Sara says about Christianity: " (it) wasn't an argument I could win, or even resolve. It wasn't a thesis. It was a mystery that I was finally willing to swallow."

And it sounds like she swallowed it hook, line— but perhaps not sinker!

I laud your newfound altruism; food pantries are a desperately needed thing in the city. But don’t confuse altruism with Christianity because there is no direct correlation; one can exist with or without the other.

To me this excerpt says little about Christianity and a lot about the emptiness—or a vacuum—in Sara Miles life that she chose to fill with Christianity despite a myriad of other choices that were infinitely more rational. Yes, I know the god squad out there is going to try to spank me for that one but when someone says that they are willing to swallow a mystery it tells you a lot about their mindset and their inability—or unwillingness—to think critically.

But it’s clear from this excerpt that rationality and critical thought are not what Sara was looking for— and certainly not what she got!

Kimberly said: "Most Democrats are good Christians."

This is pure and utter nonsense. After you define what it means to be a 'Democrat' and then a 'good Christian' then you can back up what you say with numbers!

When I read the Koran I must have missed all the stuff that Tariq Ramadan mentioned. Perhaps it was a translation problem.

As for Mohammed's treatment of women, I sure hope he treated the nine year old girl he married (and consummated the marriage with) well. Cuz, heck, that might even be considered child abuse to some folk!