point taken, dmcg, I made an unwarranted extension of your thought there.
you certainly write with great flourish steve . however , a lot of it seems to be straw man argument. I don't recall myself, or anyone else using these arguments. as I said earlier, we cannot make a complete case for our faith , but seems to me it is not in conflict with observational science , whereas, what you believe is , and rests on the interpretation of data that can be as well if not better interpreted by creation and intelligent design.
you don't seem to have taken on board either, earlier comments, that many believers went through doubt or even rejection of their faith, but returned to it later. and though there may be many who simply adopted the faith of their parents, many [ including myself ] became Christians without the benefit of believing [or rather practising Christian] parents.
have you been tackled on evolution by your watchtower visitors. as I understand it from also reading some of their stuff, they reject it, though accepting deep time !