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Originally Posted by driveway
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.
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If OED says something about the correct definition of English words and their appropriate use, it sure as hell does. According to your "logic", the most exhaustive repository of English words and their definitions cannot be consulted for the purpose of this discussion, yet you have no problem claiming a broad definition of the term "creationist" without any third-party support whatsoever. Thanks, but I will stick to my "logical fallicies".
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Originally Posted by driveway
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.
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It has nothing at all to do with the present discussion, which is why this meaning of the word "creationism" is distinguished from the latter gloss. The existence of the soul has not yet entered the debate here, so I fail to see how your response is relevant.