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. A little bit of revisionism is needed for this theory to work. I have posted this because I have such a solution in mind.Edited by faith4flipper, : No reason given.Edited by faith4flipper, : No reason given.Edited by Admin, : Change title.

What might work better as a debate topic is something like "Creationists should stop using the term Darwinism". Would you be willing to recraft your opening post along those lines?

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I think thats a great idea! Why not just change the thread title instead?Edited by faith4flipper, : No reason given.

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