Can you be specific about which reactions warrant your characterization? I think you've asked some interesting questions, and I hardly expected the "Darwinism is just a religion" from you.
I didn't say or mean to imply that Darwinism is "just a religion." It is a scientific theory that appears to have "good legs." There are other scientific theories that also seem to have "good legs," such as the big bang/inflationary universe model. But I don't "worship" either theory. And if subsequent investigation should undermine either one, I wouldn't be "upset."
However, it is clear to me that for some other people, the attachment to Darwinist evolutionary theory has become a sort of passionate faith commitment that bears all the signs of belief in the religious sense.
Thanks for writing LibertarianSchmoe!