Your statement here mirrors my thoughts on this as far as FR is concerned.
The number of those who believe in evolution here is a fraction of one percent (not all evolutionists are atheists, however). So this in my mind begs the question: What is the purpose of the continuous posting of evolution threads amongst the supermajority of those who do believe in a Creator?
In my opinion, it is nothing but a mechanism to stir up trouble and put their thumb in the eye of the believer. These threads have absolutely nothing to do with conservatism, and if you would notice, the evo/crevo threads only have a handful of posters who delight in this type of thread and nothing else. I say evolution is nothing more than a theory and those who believe in it (at least the atheistic believers) must convince themselves daily that there is no God. If their "science" proves that there is no God, why get in a twist over the subject?
JimRob permits it, so my opinion of the threads being here is moot. However, the real motives behind these things are obvious.
Carry on, everybody. I could use some good laughs from time to time, and these threads never fail to provide those laughs.
I think you've nailed it.
These evo threads always have the same old arguments - never anything new, just the same things said different ways by different people. I noticed that some of the atheist evo people seem to have bible verses in hand, all ready to argue with against believers so it would seem to be a set-up from the start with no purpose other than to flaunt their atheism and proclaim evolution as the 'truth' and once again engage in useless arguments that apparently the atheists feel they need to do on FR. The thumb in the eye analysis seems about right. The lead article's title: "Final Debunking of Creationism" is really a hoot.
Next year it'll be "The Really, Final Debunking of Creationism; We're not kidding this time!".
I see no point in engaging in these useless evo/creation arguments with people who would not be swayed by any argument as their minds are just as closed and sealed as they accuse the Christian's minds of being.
Like you, I usually skip them or skim them for anything new, which there never is. Your post seemed to sum up my thoughts on the never-ending atheist/evo threads on FR so I wished to concur but frankly, this argument and the thread should be on the religion forum, not a news forum, as certainly none of the arguments are news to anyone any longer.