"shimrod flatters himself. I got the joke, but the joke is on him, as either there are absolutes or there aint.."

Oh digital pete! 0s and 1s, yes's and no's, black and white?

"It is not **relevant** to turn the entire discussion to calling him insulting names and implying his beliefs 'insult' YOU."

But he DID insult me. I asked him a simple question and he refused to answer it and then, rather irrelevantly asked me about my scientific background. I politely complied with his request and he then proceeded to belittle my experience and career by insisting that they did not entitle me to have an opinion on evolutionary biology. I considered this to be a bit rich coming from a man with no scientific background whatsoever! He continually dreams up arbitrary rules which only appear to apply to his opponents and not to him. When one of his opponents transgresses one of his made-up rules he jumps up and down claiming some sort of great victory.

I've been debating with him for a couple of years now, and I've tried to be as polite as possible but I'm getting heartily fed up with his appalling lack of logic, his fatuous tricks and his sneaky, underhand subterfuges when on the ropes.