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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is wrong.
According to OED, creationism is defined as follows:
Note that "creationism" is the antithesis of "evolutionism". It is technically not possible to be a creationist and to believe in any form of evolution. Creationism is distinguished by its insistence upon "special creation"; that is, that the origins of everything cannot be prooved outside of its emanation from God. I believe in creation, but most certainly am not a "creationist".
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What you have done here is called an "appeal to authority" and it is a logical fallacy. It is exactly the same thing as saying "it says so in the bible, so it must be true." Just because the OED says something, does not make it so. Also, the OED offers two definitions of creationism, the first of which (
The theory that God immediately creates a soul for every human being born) has nothing to do with being opposed to evolution.