I am sure that's true. I was just kinda thinking that it would be nice to look at a members rating and have an idea of whether it would be worthwhile to enter into a debate with them or not; rather than whether they are creationist or evolutionist.
In theory there can be a huge discrepancy for creationists between their ratings and their ability to engage in an evidence based debate because people do tend to cheer posts that support their own position. For example, I saw a recent poster receive a jeer merely for pointing out that following three of the four links provided by a creationist produced 404 messages.
But in fact, I don't believe there are very many anomalies in creationist ratings. For the most part, they do reflect, for creationists, the relative strength and character of their arguments compared to other creationists.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. The proper place to-day, the only place which Massachusetts has provided for her freer and less desponding spirits, is in her prisons, to be put out and locked out of the State by her own act, as they have already put themselves out by their principles. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)