I disagree that the "Devolution (from The Fall) and 'No New Information'" thread was locked for being off topic.
I have been trying to ascertain why Smooth Operator believes as he does. All of the other threads have ended up debating the evidence, on one side or the other. I wanted a thread that could explore why such a belief, far from the mainstream, would be attractive, and where it originated.
SO denied that it was religious and related to "the Fall," as the initial post suggested, so I was exploring other alternatives.
You have done a disservice by locking that thread. It was not contentious, and there was a lot less bickering than on most threads. I would suggest that you were too quick on the "off topic" trigger.