When you start from a position of ignorance reinforced by quackery - like, say, someone whose idea of science comes from creationist tracts - then there is no treating your arguments with respect. Get it into your mind that the trash you have read is trash. As for teaching me Latin - why not teach your grandmother to suck eggs, while you're at it!

If you come to my blog demanding an answer, you will get one. If you don't like it, tough.