As a quick bit of introduction to this series, I'll be posting a series of questions with at least one new question per week. I'm moderating Topical Discussion and this is one of the promises I made to Percy.
He is still looking for more moderators as well so feel free to drop him a line if you are interested. There is a dearth of creationists for the positions especially.
This series is in topical discussions so it won't be scored. Moderation is primarily to keep discussions going and stop trolls. I promise not to abuse the power, and hopefully you will only hear from me in the moderator role when I'm posting these questions from week to week.
This weeks question is what is a creationist. I'm pulling this topic over from the Great Debate for a couple reasons. It seems to me that there are many types of creationists and many who may believe in a Creator, but they may not consider themselves a creationist.
If I may, let me suggest some guidelines. First, I don't see this as a providing a right or wrong answer, but exploring the different contexts in which the issue is discussed.
One source in particular that is quite exhaustive in its treatment of the issue is a talkorigins.org faq on the different types of creationists. One of the critiques of it is that many in these different categories may not see themselves as creationists:
http://talkorigins.org/faqs/wic.html
What do you all think?
Larry Handli
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