Is Theistic Evolutionist An Oxymoron?

Theist: one who believes in God.Evolutionist: one who believes in evolution.Nope, no contradiction there. No, just a deity that didn't do fiat creation of species. But obviously pointing out that Genesis is a myth isn't the same as saying that there's no God.---One might with more justice complain that "theistic creationist" is an oxymoron. You are apparently defining God as a being who did something that verifiably didn't happen, just as though you defined God as "the being who makes everything in the world bright pink". One can be certain that that God doesn't exist, and so you are in effect defining him out of existence.(Of course, you do not know this, just as a blind man wouldn't know that the "bright pink" definition would render belief in God untenable to the sighted. But such is the case.)

And God, referring to the being who makes everything bright pink, also doesn't exist. But one can assert this and not be an atheist, since, as you say, "god" is a generic term. No. And the term "theist-who-thinks-that-God-makes-everything-bright-pink" is not strictly an oxymoron. But I hope you see my point.

Oh, you didn't see it.

For exactly the same reason you take passages which suggest geocentrism, flat-earthism, and the Earth having four corners non-literally. Although you must believe that an omnipotent God could have made a flat four-cornered stationary Earth, you also know perfectly well that he didn't.There is no similar objection to the miracle of Lazarus, so you take that literally.If people who have a sounder knowledge of biology than you do follow the same basic hermeneutic principle, I don't see how you get to complain about it.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.