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Probability is a strength of belief. Even if you are not able to calculate that strength precisely, that strength should respond to evidence in a certain way, and there is a rational probability to assign a proposition given the evidence observed.
The problem with the theist is not being consistently over or under skeptical, but being more skeptical about propositions they don't want to believe, so they are over-skeptical of evolution in the way that Eliezer describes.