Sorry, Steve. I can't see reason for a retraction. Your approach still seems to me, to be as blindsided and doctrinaire and "evangelistic," as that of the evangelicals.

There is a middle, more philosophical path. That path sees the wider ramifications, the necessary part played by philosophy and the arts - in balance with science. Those who follow that path are wise enough not to bother arguing with those who take a literalist biblical view of the origins of things.

It's futile to argue with fundamentalists and to attempt to defeat them. Better to accept the fact that they're not going to change - and try to seek peace and common ground with them so we can accomplish what needs to be accomplished.

-Joe Offer-