There has been some discussion lately that I am being dishonest or misleading when I use those terms to describe myself.
I would like to address the reasoning behind each of them.
First, why I call myself a Creationist.
This one is pretty simple. I believe that GOD created the heavens and Earth and all that is, seen and unseen.
What else than Creationist can you call someone who believes that GOD created everything?
Why Evolutionist?
Because I fully support the conclusion that Evolution is a fact and that the TOE is so far the best explanation to date.
Why Christian?
Because again, I am a member of the Christian Faith, a Cradle Creedal Christian. I have been a teacher of both Adult and Child Sunday Schools, helped start a new Church, helped build two of them, have attended Christian Churches as long as I can remember. I believe those things outlined in the "I believes" (AKA Nicene Creed). I am an Episcopalian and recognized as such by the Church itself.
I hold my faith as both important and personal. I respond when asked to explain my beliefs but try very hard not to tell others what they should believe. I believe that one relationship with GOD is personal but that membership in a given Church, Faith or Sect is, like any other membership, a matter of actually being a member and being so recognized by the organization.
The Episcopal Church recognizes me as a member so I am a Protestant, Episcopal Christian.
I am not alone in supporting both the belief in Creation and Evolution. The Clergy Project currently has a list of over 10,000 US Christian Clergy who have endorsed that position.
They too would be considered Christian Creationist Evolutionists.
But why do I make a point of using that designation?
I hung around EvC for quite a while as a lurker before joining. At that time it seemed that EvC was broken into two camps, Evolutionists and Christians and the moderate Christian voice was virtually non existent.
I registered and began posting because I wanted to present an alternative. I felt that it was important to show people that it was possible to be a Christian, to continue believing that GOD created all, and still accept Evolution.
I wanted to show that it is possible to accept the Bible and the teachings found in it without rejecting either what Science has taught us or what our Faith teaches us.
I wanted to show that it is possible to be a Christian and to accept that others may hold differing beliefs.
Why Republican?
That is pretty easy. I am a registered Republican and have been so since 1964 IIRC. Before becoming old enough to register to vote I worked in support of many Republicans and even was the Campaign Manager for Ike in a Mock Political Convention during his run for reelection.
Why Conservative?
Well, because I believe I support basic Conservative positions, like Universal Health Care(Richard Nixon), Equal Rights for Minorities(Barry Gold Water), that the Government should be the servant of the People and that elected officials should try to do the best for the country even when it runs counter to their personal interests(Gerald Ford).
I believe that Government should stay out of peoples personal lives, that a smaller government is better than a large government, in fiscal responsibility, that one role of the Federal Government is to act as a counter to the power of Industry, the Military and Capitalism(see Ike's farewell address), and that the Federal Government should really look to the welfare of the peoples and be the net of last resort.
So, what else do you call someone who believes in Creation, who accepts Evolution, who believes in the same policies as Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller and Gerald Ford, who is a registered member of the Republican Party and a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church than .
A Conservative Republican Christian Creationist Evolutionist?
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