[RadioAstronomer]

Maybe my arrogant paleontologist friends PatrickHenry, balrog66, Piltdown_Woman, or RadioAstronomer can offer one that I just haven't been made aware of yet?

Arrogant?

I was pointing out some of you fallacies, such as the Earth is 20 BILLION years old. If as you say, you make mistakes like this one by posting in haste, you might want to slow down a tad and double check before hitting that post key.

Remember, on a message board such as this one, you are judged only by what you write. Is it accurate information, succinct, grammatically correct, no misspellings, etc.

What I was alluding to in my original post to you, was that your inaccuracies were so gross in nature, your credentials became immediately suspect by many here.

[Alamo-Girl]

Er, I’d like to point out that you are one of the most respectful posters representing the evolution side of the debate. As an example:

What I was alluding to in my original post to you, was that your inaccuracies were so gross in nature, your credentials became immediately suspect by many here.

Your criticism is not derisive, it is brutal but not contemptuous. By analogy, it's the difference between saying "that was a dumb thing to do" and "you are dumb." Thank you for being respectful!

Sadly, a lot of people – on both sides of the debate – are not so cautious and thus hurt their own argument in the eyes of the lurkers.

After all, if ridicule and contempt were persuasive, then good hearted candidates like Presidents Bush and Reagan could have never been elected.

[Aracelis]

I was pointing out some of you fallacies, such as the Earth is 20 BILLION years old. If as you say, you make mistakes like this one by posting in haste, you might want to slow down a tad and double check before hitting that post key.

It would be interesting to know if such haste is carried by the above-referenced poster into the lab, too.