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Thank you so much for your reply! I'm confident you'll have no problem on these threads as long as you stick with the principles you already have.

I am wondering what others think about the extreme measures having to be made here. I also wonder if there is an underlying motivation here. I tend to be suspicious of such things.

There have been suspicions of hidden motives from both sides from the onset. I was the mediator between the two sides - Creation/Intelligent Design on the one hand and Evolution on the other. I am one of the Creation/Intelligent Design siders.

Both sides expected me to be biased - however, it is the duty of a mediator to be even-handed - so, in the end, both sides were surprised - one pleased, one disappointed.

You can read the whole run-up to the drafting process and the bitterness which followed on this thread - and the negotiations as they occured on this thread.

As for me, I continue on the science threads with this passage in mind:

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace [be] with thee. Amen. - I Timothy 6:20-21

I would not want your job, that's for sure. To even have to be "even-handed" in such a volatile topic can be tricky to be sure. Both sides are very convicted to their causes. Both sides convinced that the other is terribly wrong and blind. Both sides trying to get the other to "see the light". The one thing that I cannot stop thinking about though is this. As a Christian myself, and as a very conservative person, AND being drawn to this site for it's conservative statements on the front page, I think that there should be more here who are likeminded as myself. I guess time will tell. It is no surprise to me to find people on any type of conservative site who really hate anything to do with God. However, the one thing most Christians have in common is the fact that they are conservative. So, the confusing circle still spins.
As one who thinks as I do ( I assume), I would just like to say this. We must not loose ourselves in the opposition. Thank you for the inspiration bible verse.