I'm sorry if it appears that I'm mocking anyone's beliefs.

Oh no! Not what I meant at all! I really didn't mean to come across as being mocked; I just felt compelled to comment.

What I was trying to put across is how such views are not helpful, and only serve to distance themselves and the religion from society and reality.

As was my point too, only from a different perspective. Too many Christains try to be "apart from the world" rather than "in the world but not of it" and this is a prime example I think.