I don't think there is anything to exactly apologize for (other than you and I have between us wasted (so far) 1 % of the posts this thread will be allowed).
You just need to go a bit slower and take the time to organize your thoughts and your rebuttals to points made.
The core of Percy's response is the larger paragraph commenting on the talkorigins article that you referenced. You never touched on that. It is possible that the correct thing for you to do is simply say you were wrong and withdraw what you said before or post something else to support your original claim.
Some of the rest of his post was guilty of the same heinous crime as yours but at least he had meat in his post as well.
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