Creationists should stop using the term "Darwinism"

Abstract Evolutionary biology owes much to Charles Darwin, whose discussions of common descent and natural selection provide the foundations of the discipline. But evolutionary biology has expanded well beyond its foundations to encompass many theories and concepts unknown in the 19th century. The term Darwinism is, therefore, ambiguous and misleading. Compounding the problem of Darwinism is the hijacking of the term by creationists to portray evolution as a dangerous ideologyan ismthat has no place in the science classroom. When scientists and teachers use Darwinism as synonymous with evolutionary biology, it reinforces such a misleading portrayal and hinders efforts to present the scientific standing of evolution accurately. Accordingly, the term Darwinism should be abandoned as a synonym for evolutionary biology.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/n47h34357743w4p0/?p=a...A little bit of revisionism is needed for this theory to work though. I have posted this because I have such a solution in mind.

You submitted a nearly identical thread proposal last week. It was promoted but then closed because your proposal appears to be a cut-n-paste, see Creationists should stop using the term DarwinismDarwinism[/i].Please state your debate topic in your own words, and include a paragraph describing your solution.

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