Hello

As I understand such, theistic evolutionist means a belief that God guided evolution to some degree, be it small or in detail.On the other hand, there are theists who believe in a creator God and an unguided by God evolution. As such, there is a distinction between being a theist evolutionist and a theistic evolutionist.So, are you actually a theistic evolutionist?Moose

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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.

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I certainly think there are some substantial flaws in your reasonings. Your position seems to be that of an old Earth creationist - The position seems to have much in common with young Earth creationism, only that you concede an old Earth. I do not think you qualify as being a variety of theistic evolutionist.There is a theistic evolution topic I started way back in 2002, which qualifies as being in the early days of this forum. You may wish to look at and comment at that topic.That said, I thing your material of message 11 would better function as a new topic. I suggest you plug that material, modified as you see best, into a Proposed New Topic. If you do such, please include a good topic title that helps define the topic theme. I foresee that such will get a quick promotion into an open debate topic.Minnemooseus (the same person who also happens to be Adminnemooseus)