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Why are you annoyed by the word evolutionst?

An evolutionist is a proponent of evolutionism.

If you area firm believer in Scientific methodology, what would you call yourself and how does that differ from evolutionist?

And I am not calling any evolutionist here at free republic liberal trash . I was just informing WKB. Before I came to free republic 99% of the evolutionist I had spoken too were liberals.

Your answer is contained in my original post - 'needlessly provocative.'

I consider myself a student of Science, and that doesn't conflict with my views of religion anymore than does the flat earth society.

Saying that I am an evolutionist is like saying that I'm a gravityist because I know that gravity is a fact.

Thank you for your question.

I think the problem is when people phrase the debate as Evolutionists versus Christians. Some Christians are Evolutionists. Not every Christian believes the whole Universe was made in 6 24 hour days. They believe that the Bible is the spiritual record of man and God, not a science book.

An example, at one time many Christians believed that the Sun and the Moon orbited the Earth. Some attributed this to scripture (Joshua stopping the sun*). As our science progressed, we determined these things not to be true. Did this mean scripture is false? Of course not! The Bible just isn't a science book is all.

* Many have argued that by praying to God to "stop" the Sun from moving really meant Joshua was praying to God to stop the Earth rotating, or that God knew what he meant so simply stopped the Earth's rotation. But this is reading in things that aren't explicitly in that scripture--which many who advocate this--turn around and say you can not do so in Genesis. All Genesis MUST be taken exactly as written without any interpretation. So arguing that Christians can only have one "correct" view to creation and it is the view you advocate is implying that those who disagree with you aren't Christians.