"but many of these discussions have been revealed some clues to how a person thinks. He gets very evasive on some difficult subjects and refuse to commit to an opinion...

Obviously... what else can he do when someone posts a clear refutation of something which his conscience has adopted? He explained that he came to his religious beliefs by 'being convinced' of them by some religious group. (He didn't say, but Seventh Day Adventists come close from what I read of them)


"Please, I beg you, go back and read the threads; .."
I have... I was in most of them. Read MY attempts to correct obviously false data & show flaws in his reasoning.

"I don't need a lecture Bill; even though you're obviously a better person than I."

I am not 'lecturing' YOU, Stu.. any more than I am Pete. ... and I am not 'better' than anyone...just different in my orientation due to my chosen discipline (see below)
I am critiquing a position.. or part of one, just as I am with Pete. (sorry, Pete, but that's how it is) I'm sure you are a decent, thoughtful, trained scientist, Stu, and I am aware that there are issues in science that you cannot bear to see distorted & misrepresented. I have a degree in Philosophy, and there are issues in flawed logic and argument form that drive ME up the wall! Pete has had me on his case for several years as I find embedded premises, circular reasoning and simple errors in research and facts in his assertions.

So: "I'm not sure how you think I should react to his constant dissing of the work I and other do in good faith, and with open minds. "

I think, if you choose to bother any more at all, you should present the best available information possible while pointing to the skewed & flawed ideas & beliefs that you find....my ONLY criticism is with attributing malicious intent to Pete's... or anyone's... opinions when you have only typed words to go on.
(in a couple of early threads, two different people who have met Pete vouched for his integrity and decency as a human.)

It is frustrating to take this much time to conduct a debate, when I'd much rather sit in pub and listen & counter over a pint... but I doubt I'll ever get to the UK.