""brendan- please be assured that i was not,and am not now irritated by your pick and choose beliefs.i trust that my believing the bible does not irritate you either.""

Pete, nobody gives a tinker's cuss what you choose to believe.

The irritant is when you try to shove your beliefs down our throats as science.

Keep 'em where they belong, in your own mind and heart, and leave science to people who know what it is, no problem.

Don T.