thanks bill.
"most scientists" have often been wrong before.
"most theologians"-i note that you infer that they just followed the concensus of the "most scientists".i think it sad that theologians feel the need to impose secular theories on scripture but they obviously felt the need to accomodate.
i did not follow the idea that useful science is done because scientists follow the "evidence".by useful science i meant things like the MRI scanner co-invented by damidian,a creationist.
dwindling minority? i thought it was far from that in your country,though here it probably is as far as church membership is concerned.in many places churches are growing and those are largely ones that believe the bible.in any case as i am sure you know, the good shepherd goes after the one lost sheep,and there "is joy in heaven over one sinner that repents"
one thing i am sure we will agree on is that if we met it would not only be heads shaking, but hands also. blessings   pete.