Why would you say that to me? If there's anything in this world that I've ever credited myself with personally (and I'm not the type to toot his own horn, mind you) it's that I think of myself as open minded. That's probably my one single redeeming quality that I acknowledge.

Once, while I was visiting the Balkans in 2000, not long after the U.S. had bombarded a capital city therein, I sat in a bar with some of the locals and discussed the negative aspects of my country, the U.S. Most Americans I knew at the time would've just waved a flag, said 'God bless America' and excused every bloodthirsty deed our country has done. Sure, other countries are guilty of this or that. That's not my point. I'm saying I was open enough to talk as pragmatically as possible with these people, many of whom my fellow Americans would've dubbed 'the enemy'. I talked with them about what I felt was good about my homeland and humbly spoke about what I thought was bad.

When I was in high school I was dating an Indian girl. She invited me to her local Hindu temple and I accepted. I won't say I didn't feel slightly out of place there (it was weird for me to go, I admit) but I managed to overcome my fear of something foreign and out of the ordinary for my upbringing. And I reckon I grew as a result of it.

I could list many things but just to add, I've tried about every type of foreign, strange cuisine placed in front of me during my travels abroad (as of this post, I currently live abroad incidentally). I have literally tried haggis, sheep's brain, the jellied hooves of pig and goat and even snake's blood! And I've tried each so as not to offend my host. Oh, I'll admit, they were all pretty disgusting for my palate. But I tried.

And these are all things about my personality I take pride in. It's because of these things that I think I am very open minded. I've even openly admitted to a) knowing nothing about creationism and consequently b) asking creationist posters here for their input. And that's what I'm still asking. As I've said previously however, if it's somehow a hurtful topic I'll lay off. But I'd like to know about creationism and I hope that if you disagree with some point I've made you'll chime in and explain why. In turn, I hope you understand if you make a point I disagree with I might chime in and politely explain why. I'm certainly not out to hurt you and I'm sorry that my posting habits have led you to the conclusion that I am a close minded person. I had thought a close minded person in this debate would jump in and say that you're wrong and that your beliefs are silly. Period. I'm not saying that and I never will.