Maybe, Russ, some people just choose not to read the Bible literally. False dichotomy.

I don't know what it is you say I'm being so dogmatic about. As I said, you are the opposite side of the same coin as the dogmatic skeptical atheists. Both of you want to stick to your own belief system. Try defining mine. You may see me as an "evolutionist" and ascribe religious connotations to that. I simply see the evidence and decide that it's likely that life evolved, though there is still much we don't understand. You tell me I don't understand what I'm seeing. I'd accuse you of the same if you honestly believe loons like Hovind. Stalemate.

Please don't pity me. I'm happy on my path. You can believe I'm going to hell and frankly I don't care if that's what you think. If you want to challenge anything I say that's fine, but spare me the lectures please. I don't lecture you because a) you are not a child, b) you didn't ask me to, and c) you wouldn't be interested anyway in what I had to say. Ditto goes for me.