" ...In my opinion your position that railing against an Englishman on a forum full of middle aged liberals is part of the fight against fundamentalist whack jobs sponsored by Ayn Randian corporatists in the USA being elected to school boards is as much a stretch as anything pete has had to say."

Except that pete obviously derives many of his 'arguments' from the websites of US "fundamentalist whack jobs".

As for my other critics above, I suspect that I am really being criticised for breaking a taboo i.e. by refusing to adequately 'respect' someone's religious faith and robustly questioning it. In my opinion if a group or individual wants to fervently believe in nonsense, then it is none of my business. But if they choose to evangelise or spread their loopy notions then there is no earthly reason why they shouldn't have a fight on their hands!

" ... if the likes of shimrod want to believe that nothing and no one did it all, they are entitled to their illogical nonsense ..."

pete, you really must learn the difference between 'belief' and 'logic'. Just because you choose not to believe in something, doesn't make it illogical!