I believe you began the insults with:
A) "Whatever you need to tell yourself to feel complacent in this world is fine with me."
B) "But for me, I'm not a sheep like everyone else"
C) "The part in bold above is a pretty sad statement"
Hmm somewhere between being talked down to condescendingly, being called "sheep" and "making sad statements" I felt my statements in response were perfectly appropriate. Perhaps you should have considered not casting the first stone before accusing someone else of being insulting. You don't like it when people assume things about you or judge you. I think you'll get less of it if you did less yourself.
I'll break it down really simple for you. This is what happens all the time:
Fanatic: I believe in (aliens, conspiracies, spirits, god(s), religion, palm reading, voodoo magic, etc) and here are my reasons why.
Me: Wonderful, I am happy for you. I don't share your beliefs and here are my reasons why.
Now if the conversation stopped there, everything would be fine. And that is where I leave it. But what happens, is what happens ALL THE TIME with faith based fanatics, and you have been proven no exception to the case.
Fanatic: Well then you are (closed minded, stupid, unintelligent, myopic, blind, can't think outside the box etc.)
Me: Ok, well now it's on. You couldn't allow someone to have belief different than yours, so you insult them by calling them narrow minded. So, now let me tell you why you are (closed minded, stupid, unintelligent, myopic, blind, can't think outside the box etc.)
So answer me this, why is it that the people who are the most vocal about preaching being open minded and accepting alternate ideas the same ones that are the least open minded to ideas that differ from their own?
I've stated on more than one occasion, while highly unlikely, that there is a minute possibility that aliens may have landed on this planet and have interacted with humans. I personally don't believe that they have, but I am open minded enough to say that I can't say that absolutely and definitively. So now are you willing to concede that there is a possibility that aliens have NOT visited this planet. Because now you are stuck with 2 options:
1) Concede that there is that possibility and concede that there isn't absolute and definitive proof that aliens have visited this planet (which is what I've been trying to say all along).
2) Be a hypocrite because you preach being open minded, yet aren't willing to be open minded about a theory that differs from yours.
So which one is it?
