The only threads on FR that get more cantankerous than these are the men/women bashing ones...
You know, it all starts with an article (usually) pointing out the horrors of feminism, or the divorce system, a few men chime in their 'amens' with horror stories, a few usual suspect women Freepers go ballistic and start men-bashing, and it all goes down from there...
however, though the level of emotion is higher due undoubtedly to personal experience, nothing beats these threads for examples of people shouting past each other...kind of like when I try to discuss politics with my LA cousin...who lives in a parallel (liberal) universe, it would appear...
but the folks on this thread all live in the same universe....its just that some of them have a real problem understanding that:
1. The Bible was not written as a science text;
2. Faith is not science (or vice-versa);
3. People on both sides of this debate who try to disprove the other wind up looking foolish...and lastly,
4. It is impossible to disprove one discipline using the principles from another, wholly unrelated discipline (ie. science vs. Faith and vice-versa)...
You are, of course, correct. We so-called "Evos" want to keep that separation in place. Somehow, CRIDers have the feeling that by debunking TToE (which is impossible given facts available to date), they somehow buttress Creationism (which is Faith-based) and make this wierd linkage that somehow understanding TToE makes one an athiest. And not just an athiest, but a God-hating, anti-Jesus athiest.
So we man the threads to keep disinformation and ignorance from creeping into our already-screwed up schools.
It is a thankless task but one we take on for future generations.