Well said. His philosophical opponents have no reason to hide behind complaints about his manner, so he is not impeding his own argument. We can assume that the PhD’s he is addressing do not need the visuals with which he illustrates the timeline, but perhaps for them that’s the icing on the cake anyway.
I’ll admit to being helped by the visual he used for timelines. What can I say—it’s just helpful!
I will also own up to being susceptible to confirmation bias in this case due to my belief in the Holy Scripture of the Catholic Canon of the Bible as the inspired, inerrant Word of God.
I love me some hardened skeptics, wizened old atheists, being dragged kicking and screaming into admitting that this or that thing, set forth in the Holy Bible, is true, or most likely so.
Can I explain away aspects of science that seem to indicate hundreds of thousands or millions of years or more of the earth spinning around the sun, thus presumably casting doubt on timeline set forth in the Book of Genesis? No. Am I moved by those aspects of science off of my belief regarding the inerrancy of scripture? No. Am I prepared to accept being condemned as a science denier between now and the time, if it ever does come before the General Judgment, when those aspects of science are eventually authoritatively explained away? Yes.