So is the phrase you quoted from me correct or not?
It's correct, but not because of anything in evolution.
It is correct in the different faiths of scientists, and it is correct in the overall philosophy of naturalism - both with and without supernatural inclusions to varying degrees.
But evolution just says how life happens. No whys.
When creationists say "evolutionism" what they really mean is "naturalism" - and usually
metaphysical naturalism:
quote:
Metaphysical naturalism is any worldview in which the world is amenable to a unified study that includes the natural sciences and in this sense the world is a unity. According to such a view, nature is all there is, and all things supernatural (which stipulatively includes spirits and souls, non-natural values, and universals as they are commonly conceived) do not exist.
(Wikipedia 2007}
Which is essentially atheism. By contrast scientists in general would use
methodological naturalism:
quote:
Many modern philosophers of science[1][2] use the terms methodological naturalism or scientific naturalism to refer to the long standing convention in science of the scientific method, which makes the methodological assumption that observable effects in nature are best explainable only by natural causes, without reference to, or an assumption of, the existence or non-existence of supernatural notions.
(Wikipedia 2007}
Which is essentially agnostic and would not interfere with belief in the supernatural. These philosophies have been around a lot longer than Darwin's theory of evolution too.
When I look up the definition of "evolutionism" (which gives me a spell-check error) I get
quote:
ev·o·lu·tion·ism n.
1. A theory of biological evolution, especially that formulated by Charles Darwin.
2. Advocacy of or belief in biological evolution.
(American Heritage Dictionary 2007}
Not a philosophy based on evolution or an ideology.
Enjoy.
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Edited by RAZD, : clarity
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