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Rodibidably Junior Member (Idle past 5677 days) Posts: 15 Joined: |
As a person who accepts Evolutionary Theory, I want to understand the Creationist position a bit better. I want to understand exactly what it is that creationists believe. To this end, I have a few questions that I hope some of you can answer, and give YOUR opinion, and if you don’t know, saying you don’t know is a valid answer. Some of these questions are relevant only to “young-earthers” and some only to “old-earthers”, so I am breaking the questions out into groups, so you don’t need to answer questions that are not relevant to your beliefs.
I know there are a number of these types of things on various websites meant to be “stumpers“, but that is NOT the intent of this post. These are questions I honestly want to hear answers for from the “other side”, so I can better understand that position. Also, I am giving a typically understood definition of creationists, and their two main sub-types, if you disagree with these definitions, please let me know why. All Creationists (you believe that “god” create “types” of animals, and that species do not evolve into other species through means of natural selection. You may accept micro-evolution [breeds of dogs can evolve from a single dog type] but you reject macro evolution [dogs, cats, apes, humans, birds, reptiles, etc all evolved from a common ancestor]):
Old Earth Creationists (you believe that Genesis is not a historical account and accept the age of the universe as being 13-15 billion years old):
Young Earth Creationists (you believe that Genesis is a literal account of history, and the earth is roughly 6-10 thousand years old):
Also if there is anything else you have to say on the subject of evolution and/or creationism, feel free to add it, as I’m sure that my questions may not cover all of your specific thoughts on the subject. [Originally posted at:
A few questions for creationists | Rodibidably ] Edited by Rodibidably, : [Edited for mod approval] Edited by Rodibidably, : No reason given. Edited by Admin, : Make numbered lists easier to read.
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Rodibidably Junior Member (Idle past 5677 days) Posts: 15 Joined: |
Edited for your approval (not a link, now it's the questions from the original source)...
As for your idea of restricting to only answers, that's your call. My idea is not to start arguments, but to get answers from creationists. I have some ideas on what their answers MAY be, but those may very well be "straw-man" arguments, which is why I'd like to hear "from the horse's mouth" as it were...
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Rodibidably Junior Member (Idle past 5677 days) Posts: 15 Joined: |
I'd also like to point out, that the individual questions are not meant to be divisive. I took great pains to make them as uncontroversial as possible, while still be able to learn about the beliefs of others.
As for how people reply to comments that people may make, I can' really control that, but the questions themselves should not offend anybody on either "side" of the debate.
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Rodibidably Junior Member (Idle past 5677 days) Posts: 15 Joined: |
Theistic evolutionists should be considered creationists because they still believe that God CREATED species even though they accept that he used evolution to do it.
I agree that on one sense there are theists who accept evolution as a valid scientific means of creating the species on the planet.I also understand that in some circles they are refered to as "creationists", because they believe that technically everything was created by "god". However for the purposes of this thread, their opinions and views are not really relevant, as they accept evolution, and I am trying to understand the beliefs of people who do not accept evolution. Most, if not all of these questions would be irrelevant towards anybody who accepts evolution, since their answers will generally be the same as my own, whether they believe in a "god" or not.
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Rodibidably Junior Member (Idle past 5677 days) Posts: 15 Joined: |
mike,
I am not questioning your faith in god, your belif in god, your religion, etc. I'm not even implying that your view is wrong. I am only trying ot understand more clearly what it is creationists believe (beyond the obvious that "god" created things). I think all of these questions are fair questions that are not offensive to creationists, and will help me personally understand the views of others, so that I do not have a "straw-man" in my mind. If you're unwilling ot answer the questions you can say so, but to say that you are not bothered by the questions, and then not give any answers to them is a bit odd. None of my questions are "attacking" creationism.I understand that "your side" has many things that you feel show holes in evolution, however I fail to see how that is relevant, as nothing I said (or asked) is in any way showing a negative towards creationism. Obviously you've thought about some of these questions before, so I'd appreiecate your answers. If you're going ot avoid what are relavily begnin questions, I do hope you'll explain what problems you see in the questions, as I intended them to specifically NOT be contriversial, but only to help me gain a better understanding.
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Rodibidably Junior Member (Idle past 5677 days) Posts: 15 Joined: |
Rodibidably your intentions are great by trying to get answers but, I suspect that you'll get this type of response,(like mike the wiz's), which is to try and show the supposed problems with evolution from creo websites rather than get a straight answer on their position.
I'm afraid you may be correct, but I'm hoping that at least some creationists will share their thoughts. I feel these questions are not at all contriversial (which was intentional), so I don't see any particular reason to avoid answering. I don't want ot jump to conclusions as to the reason mike avoided answering, but I'm hopeful (naive?) that he and others will give me a better understanding of their position.
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