I don't think "threaten" is the right word.
Christians have two sets of evidences.
One set comes from God whom they know and trust and whom they know to be much smarter than any and all of mankind put together. God tells us that He created the animals and man and if we understood him right, He did it in a very short timeframe. Christians typically believe God is so powerful that He wouldn't need to wait the eons that evolution requires.
The other set comes from evolutionists. The problem with evolutionist is that they have pursued their agenda with a zeal that remains unsupported by the evidences. There have been a number of "missing links" that have been discovered to be frauds. There are questions about the accuracy and validity of the dating methods. They select evidence to support their case and their dates but often ignore evidence that contracdicts their case, like the trees standing through multiple strata. Fame and fortune comes with discovering things much "older" as opposed to finding things that occured in the last few thousand years. Thus the typical Christian perceives the Evolutionist's case as biased and rebellious towards God. And perceives their "science" as suspect and as more imaginative story telling than true science.
It comes down to who are you going to trust. God or the evolutionist. God is infinitely more trustworthy. You could show me scientific evidence that appears to make a case and if it contradicts what God has said, then it is your evidence or your interpretation that must be wrong. God doesn't lie and of the two of you, God is the one with the answers.
Could we have misunderstood God? Could God have used evolution as a means of creation? Could the days of Genesis represented much longer timeframes? It's possible but it's not likely.
There are reasons to doubt the evolutionist claims. Some of which are pointed out in the article. There is more than one interpretation of the evidence. The zeal with which the evolutionist discounts the design theory and presents evolution as fact, when he can't possibly know with certainty, brands him as a liar. That he appears to be going against what God has said, just confirms it.