[DoodleDawg]

This, I think, might be what Kalamata calls a "counterpunch", a total smear which Kalamata himself knows is a total lie, but which he can justify in his own mind on grounds of "counterpunching".

You cannot reason someone out of a position they were not reasoned into. Mr. Olive discounts most major branches of science because they conflict with his Biblical belief in creation and the accounts of a global flood and other incidents outlined in Genesis. That is his faith, he accepts it without question, and will dismiss anything that conflicts with it regardless of what evidence you may present.

[BroJoeK]

DoodleDawg: "Mr. Olive discounts most major branches of science because they conflict with his Biblical belief in creation..."

Right, and I have no problems with that -- I live out in the country and most of my neighbors share such beliefs.
But there is a clear distinction to be recognized.
It's this: the faith of my neighbors tells them the Bible is right and modern evolution-related science is wrong.

But our FRiend, Olive-boy, goes the next step beyond and redefines his terms, claiming now that the Bible is science and modern science is just a religion.
None of my neighbors, so far as I've ever heard, would say such a thing.

My own beliefs are the more obvious ones: when God spoke to ancient Israelites he spoke in their language using words & ideas they could understand.
He didn't try to explain the secrets of science to them because that was irrelevant.
What they needed to understand, first & foremost, is the same thing we need: that God created the natural realm and rules over it.
So, if science now discovers another natural process, that doesn't a whit diminish God's role, it only shows us His creative genius in making even inanimate objects capable of doing amazing things.
FWIW.