Hi Guys,
Glad to read that this discussion has become so passionate.
Tom:
Would mind referencing the article from Vermont again? I regret that I missed it.
I use a fender deluxe tube amp with a Gibson studio Les Paul when I play electric. I tune it down to open G when we do Rolling Stones' songs. It sounds good with just a little distortion, but generally I'm with you on the knobs and whistles: a little bit goes a long way. My dad uses a hollow Gibson and a Marshall stack, so it makes a nice mix. When I go acoustic, I play a Taylor out of a Solomate from Fischer, which resembles the BOSE system. I use it for solo stuff when I need it. The set up takes about 10 minutes.
Hit my name: The guitar solo is Yours Truly.
The band is playing in Wrigleyville this June. If you are in the area, feel free to stop by and sit-in. I'll have to look up the Haas amps. We usually don't mic the guitar amps unless we are outside or playing a huge place. (I usually just run a 1/4" chord from the line out to the system.) I've never turned my amp up past the half-way point, which is one of the reasons places keep hiring us.
I'm also technically with you about the never-being-100%-sure-when-it-comes-to-the nature-of-science. I'm not sure what you believe in, but I don't think ID has provided suffcient evidence to be taught as a viable alternative to TTOETNS.

Randy,
I'm glad to read your family's situation has improved. It is more important than all the things we argue about here.
You asked:
The reasons I agreed to attend the Presbyterian Church (as opposed to the Baptist or Missionary Churches) include the lack of public confessional and the emphasis on vertical prayer, as opposed to horizontal prayer. (There's a nod to an essay Roger wrote about then-Attorney General John Ashcroft.) I also like that our Pastor came to dinner and told us she really liked our "End the War" signs in our yard. (She also said she had to ask God's guidance in getting over her hatred for George W. Bush, but that might have been the wine talking.) It endeared her to me immediately. I know all the arguments for the divinity of Jesus.
"He was either a liar, a lunatic, or the Son of God."
-Or, most likely, he existed but his bio was changed over two millenia?
I've already been saved quite a few times in my life, but reason keeps getting in the way for me to repent and repeat.
This may surprise you, but I'm not much interested in the personhood and example of Jesus. There are lots of good people and examples in history. Plenty of those. He claimed deity. That's what I'm interested in.
Doesn't surprise me a bit. You know what else there have been a lot of? Messiahs. Nearly all of the divine miracles attributed to Jesus were claimed by others hundreds / thousands of years before he existed.
Well, actually, it's the job of the lawyers who are filing briefs in court. I'm just making a laymen's argument on a popular blog. :) But, I did provide you with factual information that you did not know before.
Fair enough. Please see the result of the lawsuits brought by the lawyers you listed:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/citizen.asp
http://www.politifact.org/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/09/vote-now-lie-year/
http://factcheck.org/2009/09/obama-and-kenya-again/

You make yourself look less smart by referencing this stuff, Randy. Trust me. Politifact.org lists the Kenya-birth stuff as "The Lie of the Year" for good reason.
I'll answer the ID stuff when you give me a yes or no on the following:
"In accordance with Dembski's rules of evidence: Dave Van Dyke has offered to provide natural, probable evidence for abiogenesis if Randy agrees that doing so would falsify ID."

Bill,
Your LSAT scores are very admirable. We are honored to know you. Surely you must know more about the history of Christianity than all of us because you went to Law School at the University of Michigan. Good job, Bill.