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Too many big words, too much work to understand.

That's the operative policy of the "be simple; be happy" people -- who's motto is: "High skool diplomas are over-rated. If WalMart don't sell it, you don't need it."

They are a close relatives of the Purveyors of Unknowledge:

In the history of the world, only a tiny fraction of all the people who ever lived have had the opportunity to ask highly qualified scientists direct questions, and learn from their wisdom. Happily, because of the internet and places like FR, it was possible for people from all walks of life to converse directly with all sorts of scientific experts; we ~~have~~ had physicists, microbiologists, mathematicians, astronomers, and chemists, to specify but a few, roaming these threads, and eager to explain what they know and how they know it to virtually anyone willing to ask an intelligent question.
But there is another segment of people on these threads who, instead of asking these learned folks intelligent questions and thus expanding their knowledge and understanding, insist instead upon bludgeoning them with their ignorance, and questioning the patriotism, honesty, and intellect of people who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of scientific knowledge.
I submit that such people are not here to learn anything, but are in fact interested in quite the opposite. I submit they are here to interfere with the dissemination of scientific knowledge that they find offensive. They don't want other people to ask the experts questions and learn from them; no, they are here to attack the experts and cast doubt upon their wisdom, in the desperate hope that others will turn away and not listen to them.
IMHO that is why the same people show up over and over again parroting the same refuted diatribes and misinformation, and spewing the same bogus out-of-context quotes designed specifically to disrupt the dissemination of scientific knowledge. That's why the same people show up over and over again misrepresenting what scientific theories and laws are, despite having had it explained to them 1^720th time; they are here to instill confusion and spread their ignorance, not to disseminate knowledge.
The experts [who were once] here on these threads ought to be revered and thanked for sharing with us their insights and explanations of the natural world around us; instead scorn is heaped upon them and their knowledge by the belligerently ignorant. I submit that these purveyors of unknowledge should be treated for the intellectual disruptors that they are. They ~~stare~~ stared the best opportunity any of us will ever have to gain more insight and understanding in the eye, and ~~spit~~ spat in the faces of those who offer and have the knowledge to help make that a reality.
Behold, I give you the belligerently ignorant, the intellectual Luddites of our time. Know them for the anti-knowledge disruptors they are.

Sadly, the Purveyors of Unknowledge have been very, very effective and chasing away most of the scientists and pro-science posters we one had on FR, to the point where some bedwetting buffoon feels it is safe to denigrate the intellectual contributions to FR of a former scientist, who can no longer post here to defend himself, with scurrillous and gratuitous insults such as: "He contributed nothing of any real worth."

That, in a word, is "pathetic."

"That, in a word, is "pathetic.""

Indeed!

RA was always thoughtful (and very often detailed) with many of the questions I asked. Furthermore, he is the only one of the evolutionists “that I can recall” (I’m sure there are others) that had the intellectual honesty to admit that that there had to be numerous iterations of simpler life before the single cell starting point, I.e. the common ancestor of all life.

In other words, he understood the math and didn’t run from it. Many on both sides do not, nor do they care to.

However, your response is indicative of attitude that seem universally pervasive amongst the evolutionist posters. Because one poster is ignorant of the history and contribution of RA (or just plain a dumb-arse), I fail to see why the rest of us should be lumped-in and labeled as the “Purveyors of Unknowledge.” And for that matter, the underlying notion that if you do not believe in evolution, you are automatically anti-science. This is a ridiculous notion, yet it is near universally held by the vast majority of the few remaining (and most of the banned) evolutionists. If you cannot accept this truth of this point, how about you list the evo’s, who still post, that do not share this opinion.

Simply put, what the heck is it that makes the evolution defenders such an angry, bitter bunch of people to debate with? I say this after having watched a number of the evo-side posters flame out in an angry tirade of expletives. I remember PH and some of the others. I say this also because I never expected RA to end his posting career here in such fashion.

In other words, I thought RadioAstronomer was/would be an exception. Turns out I was wrong.

Sadly, the Purveyors of Unknowledge have been very, very effective and chasing away most of the scientists and pro-science posters we one had on FR, to the point where some bedwetting buffoon feels it is safe to denigrate the intellectual contributions to FR of a former scientist, who can no longer post here to defend himself, with scurrillous and gratuitous insults such as: "He contributed nothing of any real worth."

That, in a word, is "pathetic."

So very sad.