Perhaps I shouldn't have come down so hard on Brother Simons. What I did not say, because I felt no need to justify myself to him, was that I was fanatically involved in right-wing politics, in my teens, right before my conversion: this was in the 60's, when being a conservative was anything but fashionable, and was physically dangerous. I ceased being involved in politics after I was saved, but I didn't quit studying the stuff. I do not enjoy being lectured on such matters by people who think they know it all.

But if my tone was too harsh, I apologize to the forum - - - although not to Brother Simons.