"Pete is by far the most offensive person who posts here. "

No Steve... by that post, you just moved way ahead.

As McGrath noted, Pete is courteous in his debate. I argue with him, but I respect his honesty........ not his position, but his purposeful defense of a strongly held belief. He is not alone in the beliefs he holds, and far from the most strident voice of creationist theology.

You Steve, have a most..... 'unusual'... notion of what counts as offensive. Pete's arguments are odd, quaint and unreasonable to most of us, but 'offensive' is a pejorative term that I reserve for very extreme behavior, not for quiet exchange of views, no matter how much I disagree with them

"further, deponent sayeth not"