Well, I never followed pete before this thread (just mostly saw a couple of his posts)!-it looks like some folks seem to be shell shocked on religion evolution discussion. If so, it ouzzles me why they would even consider entering this thread and and even staying here?

While there may be masses of creationist folks, engaging in nasty things somewhere, Bill seems eager to engage in a "meaningful" debate with Pete-I see no reason, nor harm, or reasons to put barriers up to such a wish? Mudcat is hardly a spot where mass numbers of creationists gather to plan sinister creationist plots. It seems like it is mustly Pete, treading water against a big current of opinion-I have yet to encounter others, though I have not checked in every corner, nor under the Mudcat dirty laundry basket.

With all the negative forces facing young children in many locations, I would put Pete and his beliefs very low on the "danger in growing up in school" reichter scale.