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I don't really get ticked off when people challenge various bits of my belief structure as such, but often its either done in a condescending way (How stupid you must be to believe Rufus brought gifts for baby Jesus), without any evidence to support their claim (Everyone knows that Rufus didn't bring gifts to baby Jesus), or with the implication that if this one minor belief is wrong, the whole structure must be wrong (If Rufus didn't bring gifts to baby Jesus, then Christianity is false). Those three things do tend to tick me off.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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