"Well, count your blessings. At least no one's called you a idolator or member of Al Qaeda"
People who resort to that level of subterfuge are trying to mask other shortcoming of their own.
You're probably right. Tell you're son there's a hell of a lot of people around here rootin' for them. Like a lot of people around here, I know plenty of folks who have been there or are there now. (Some military and a some civi contractors.) They have the support of even a stiff-necked evil-utionist like me.
I'll have to disagree with you about fossils. Fossil evidence gives us a good picture of how life has changed over millions of years. Genetic analysis tends to agree with our interpretation of fossil evidence. Do we have every single fossil of every kind of animal or plant? Of course not. But we have a great many, and it is possible for us to piece together large portions of the jigsaw puzzle.