Thank you for your support of civil discussion. It is sorely needed on these threads.
Can you elaborate on the offensiveness of "CRIDer" since I thought it was simply an abbreviation for supporter of special Creation or Intelligent design.
Dogma is not usually helpful when contemplating a theory in order to discern where that theory may have weakness or be in error. Seeking to denigrate posters tends to be a defensive maneuver usually applied when trying to maintain dogma rather than carry on a civil discussion. I really would like to have a civil discussion someday on the notions of intelligent design, creationism, and evolutionary processes. Today isn't the day I could devote lots of time to such an exchange, but I could block off a large portion of this evening, if anyone is interested. [crickets chirping?]