Welcome Prodigy!
I don't think you were grilled. It just happens to make the debate go smoother when a debate on evolution is not embedded within the main topic of the post, ie. your 'hello!' post.
I thought your message #23 would be a good place for such a discussion to start. It would help the forum if you would create a new post and maybe(?) cut and paste message #23 onto it. It seemed like a good place to start imho.
Anywho, welcome aboard.