[jimfr]

I like this analogy and hope to use it in the future.

[Hostage]

Thank you. Please do so with gentleness and kindness, two traits I sometimes lack but try to improve upon.

I often aim to shake up the Atheist, to strip them of their smug self-confidence, like a drill sargeant screaming up close to a recruit.

Perhaps you will find a better way to demonstrate firm and faithful beliefs and principles.