but if it does exist, why do members think it's cool and proper to insult and belittle another poster for bringing up this possibility for discussion by the group?
Buz, we aren't belittleing the bring up of the supernatural. You have tried to mix the supernatural (theology) and science. It is your abysmal lack of understanding of the science that we are belittling. Most people seemed to have started reasonably politely. You got what is coming to you when you started into areas you don't understand and refused to carry it through.
It seems you have managed to upset some of the believers too by mixing this all up into a great hodge podge of words that you think mean something but only show that you don't know what in heck you are talking about. As noted, you know so little you don't even get just how far out of whack you are.
Not the first time, not the last I would guess.