[SteveMcKing]

Good policy. Silence is my first choice, then if I am nagged for an opinion, I politely explain that it's not their personal business what I believe or don't believe. I even did this in high school, and some teachers took it as arrogance -- to have an opinion and keep it to yourself. (Oh my!)

As for what people think of us, take a lesson from my dear old English teacher:

"When you are young, you worry what others think of you. When you are older, you don't. When you are really old, you realize that nobody is thinking of you."

I suppose I just proved him wrong in a way, the old dingbat....

[Gunny Gene]

Your English teacher apparently had some wisdom. Good to know that it was passed on to at least one of his/her? students.

Have a good , and interesting, life.