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If you like, I’d be happy to introduce myself - though I’m not quite pleased with your hostility.

As for hostility? No, just bemusement.

Hi, I'm grey_whiskers. (Think cats, look up my homepage).

From your screen name, you are...tasty. :-)

With introductions completed, on to background.

The poster to whom you are attempting to act as "intellectual knight errant" for, has already admitted upthread that they are a pro-evo atheist on a conscientiously, deliberately chosen pro-God, anti-evo site.

I'm surprised you showed up out of the blue.

To wit:

So spontaneously, by chance, you just happened to show up on FR.

And just by chance, you're an atheist evolutionist.

And just by chance, you show up today.

And just by chance, you show up on this thread.

And just by chance, you show up to shore up a beleaguered atheist who is losing...badly.

Seems like you believe in Pasteur's "spontaneous generation" after all...

Cheers!

While I’ve gotten quite a bit more attention then I expected, and I’m trying to work upwards through a surprising list of comments, do allow me to address this one first:

First, I’m not really trying to play white knight for anyone; indeed, I came address a few specific misconceptions, regardless of who stands on what side. Still, I can understand why I get set in that catagory.

However, you are right - I’m not here by accident. But if you think I’ve been summoned or such, you’ve jumped to conclusions. This would be a point to make a crack about the manner of your thinking, but I shall hold back.

Instead, the reason is quite simple: This comic, and the comments attached to it, was posted to reddit, in the subreddit r/atheism, which I visit now and then:

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/nwb7w/freep_the_dawkins_delusion/

The comic, its creators, and its supporters are being laughed at by a community of up to 350,000 composed both of atheists, rationalists, and free thinkers who find humor in people actually believing that the comic makes a good point, as well as Christians rubbing their temples at the excesses and illogical of their distant compatriots.

Surely it’s not difficult for you to believe that one among that number decided it may be worth their time to comment.

Granted, as creationists don’t tend to be swayed by science and reason and as this site is (no offense) not particularly prominent, I expect I will come to a point where feel my time is better spent with friends and libations for the new year.