[Dataman]

And yes, I am woefully ignorant of the opposition's position.

And so are many others who feel free to criticize that of which they are ignorant. Why? What gives some of you the built-in superiority to pontificate the truth about matters of which you are ignorant?

[atlaw]

Oops. I'm a Tenn. native, and in the hills, "hey" is a universal substitute for "hi". I take it by the tone of your subsequent posts that you were not sending along a greeting when you initially said "hey atlaw."

I'm not criticizing, by the way, or pontificating. I'm asking. And I figured you'd have a general idea. No offense intended.

[Ichneumon]

And so are many others who feel free to criticize that of which they are ignorant. Why? What gives some of you the built-in superiority to pontificate the truth about matters of which you are ignorant?

I don't know, but it certainly doesn't stop the anti-evolutionists -- I have yet to meet one who knew evolution even a tenth as well as he believed he did.