I'm sorry, Bill but - I can't help it - I despise willful ignorance. I also see no reason to treat fundamentalist religion with any sort of reverence or respect - nonsense is nonsense is nonsense. What's the difference between someone who believes in nonsense and someone who has a "sincere" belief in nonsense?

And we must never forget that religious extremism and fundamentalism are very dangerous forces in our world and cause untold suffering. Also the fundamentalists would indocrinate children with their nonsense - and they must be resisted! If the likes of pete want to believe that "God did it all", then - OK - he can believe what he likes. Nevertheless, his creationist chums don't want to stop there - they want to re-write the text books and teach children that "God did it all" - and remove any mention of evolution from those same text books.