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The whole "flame-war" could have settled into a friendly discussion at many, many points. Once or twice, it almost has.
I certainly respond to vicious liars like the guy with the imaginary 15-year-old in a way that does NOT invite or allow "dialogue", but nobody will seriously claim that guys like that want dialogue anyway.
But my remarks on the painting business and the gospel business could have been the beginning of a robust, yes, but still respectful discussion about such things, if anybody had cared to mount a reasoned defence of what you're doing.
No one did, though, really. It's about as difficult having a discussion with you as it is with many Muslims. Even a well-meaning, constructive criticism of the Koran is immediately interpreted as a blasphemous attack, so discussion just never gets started.