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It's a terrible forum for discussion or any kind of discussion. I thought maybe we'd

move it into a more fruitful venue. Although I have been told that I'm alienating and

may in fact lose half my audience with my opinion on this topic. Maybe I should just drop

it. That's what I've been told. I'm not very good at dropping things. I like to try

to hold people and myself to a higher standard than that. We should be able to discuss an

important and interesting issue without getting angry, without getting offended or losing

respect for each other and all this kind of thing. I know that I need to work on that

first and foremost because in our debates on Twitter about this, I know that I got a

bit heated and angry at points. I regret that. I regret it because it detracts from

the topic, which is an interesting and important one. Sometimes I let my passion run away with

me as I'm sure you've noticed something I need to work on. Let me say at the outset that

good and faithful Christians reside on either end of this debate. There's no reason for

it to be a source of division within Christians, within the church, within Christianity. There

is reason for it to be a source of discussion. Though I don't question the sincerity or

the faithfulness of six day creationist folks, I do think that their view when it is preached

and argued for can inadvertently do some harm. Not inadvertently. It's not like they're

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