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So... What I want to know is... Why can't we find a happy medium on this?

Let's strike out the whole "glass" argument, that's irrelevant and a cause of strife; let's forget the flat earth thing, which was brought up by the scientifics as a derogatory; let's forget the tree/ice rings, since that seems to be a particular sticking point for the religious...

To the religious:
Think about it.
Perhaps the Bible is an allegory- perhaps Genesis is a metaphor for God's instigation of the Big Bang and His hand causing evolution to come into play on the planet Earth.
If you really get down to it, the basis of your arguments against the scientifics is that you claim that the Bible MUST BE TAKEN LITERALLY. You don't allow that there could be any sort of reconciliation between science and the Bible, and so you instantly believe that if anything a scientific says contradicts scripture it must be wrong. That's simply naive, as naive as believing that all scientific theories are correct.

But let's not be too biased here...

To the scientifics:
Don't be openly dismissive of anything which contradicts known theories. Theories are just that- theories- and they are ready to be replaced at any moment by a new and better theory. Only 100 years ago, it was fairly common among white American scientists(I think, call me on this one, history buffs) to believe that whites were genetically superior to blacks. You are as "religious" in your upholding of your theories as the supposed religious are of theirs, in that you don't allow that there could be others. The only difference here is that the scientifics have a newer, shinier theory, with a more in-depth study to back it up.

I will admit, I think you "6,000-years" people are nutcases, and I am myself a scientific. I believe that Earth is billions of years old. But I think it stands to reason to at least discuss instead of arguing like children, citing your own facts and ignoring those of others.