[ConservativeBamaFan]

Ichneumon: There are plenty of "possibly other options". Maybe the Invisible Pink Unicorns waved their magic wands. Anything's possible.

So, why is it such a threat to say there are other options? You just said it yourself.

Mylo: So your [sic] in real good company with those who like to ignore and reject real science to pursue their ideological dogma.

From here It appears that evolution has its own ideological dogma.
THOU SHALT NOT QUESTION!
You can question evolution on Free Republic (and reap the benefits of being called all sorts of names) but YOU CANNOT QUESTION EVOLUTION IN A CLASSROOM! . . . typical government education . . .

[Dimensio]

So, why is it such a threat to say there are other options?

It is dishonest to say that there are other scientific theories on the matter. That is what ID-pushers want to do, and the dishonesty of it is the problem.