Ed. Try reading what you put. Back-pedalling is fine but you run the risk of the chain coming off.

I referred to a thesis Prof Hawking wrote and inferred that if a published doctoral thesis isn't good enough for you, I have to dismiss you as a loony. I also pointed out that a key point in a thesis of my own has subsequently been kicked into touch after new research, and that rather than argue the toss, I was delighted. I compared that to when people point out the lack of possibility of biblical accounts being true.

If you are having problems keeping up, ask rather than state. Less embarrassing that way. Your defence of faith is honourable, but doesn't alter the flaws it contains.