Hmmm,looking at his answer he hasn't completely hammered you.Normally when he finds a weakness in someones argument or theory he literally shreds them to pieces so they have nowhere left to escape to but he has left you an exit and your pride intact.

He has been very civilised with yourself for some reason so there may be hope for you if you can provide better evidence but it looks like he was just passing through with his comment which is probably for the best.

The part he commented on though is correct.No point in trying to convince him otherwise or obfuscate with riddles and "convoluted" babble.