I dunno... there's always more that can be said, but it is getting pretty repetitious.
Pete has agreed that he does accept the authority of the bible, and several of us have make clear that we don't... with varying degrees of intensity.

I have tried very hard to get Pete to use standard terminology.. or at least NOT to use the terms in ways that distort the common meanings, but some of his beliefs seem to require playing freely with definitions in order to accuse me of making the same errors I accuse him of.

He is committed to a certain viewpoint, and I never expected him to change them. I repeat that I treat him as honest and sincere, even with our basic disagreements. I would far rather compare opinions with someone like Pete than deal with the many others who ask toward me as some of you have done toward Pete. We all live in this world, and we'd better find sane ways to at least understand each others viewpoint, whether we like it or not.

I am not entering the crazy part of craft show season, and will have limited time to follow this, so I will ask for the thread to close.... 1000 ought to have given everyone a chance, hmmm?

So... some time later today...

(Of course anyone can start a thread... even Pete. I may occasionally post about some new discovery in science.)