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allmendream: I have long maintained that if you look at the belief set of creationists they will almost invariably also believe in many other equally unsupportable beliefs (UFO’s, Geocentricism, HIV-AIDS denial, Jesus rode on a dinosaur, etc, etc).

metmom: The only unsupportable belief is that creationists *invariably* believe stuff like that. Some stats would be nice. Do you have any to support your misrepresentations of creationists?

Me too, allmendream. Like metmom, I would like to know where you get some of this stuff. You say, “almost invariably.” I suppose that means “nearly always.” I don’t know anyone who thinks Christ ever rode a dinosaur (there’s no Biblical support to indicate He rode anything except an ass). I don’t know anyone who thinks the sun revolves around the earth. I don’t know anything more about HIV/AIDS than what metmom has reported to you. Except, I do remember a time when AIDS was called GRIDS and scientists were unable to definitively declare that AIDS/GRIDS could not be spread by mosquitoes (for some reason I felt no concern, so I patiently waited for the day when scientists would know more, but I never saw the day when I didn’t feel I was being fed more lies than facts – and not by ‘Creationists’). I don’t know anyone who has seen a UFO (I saw a UFO once, but I’m pretty sure it was a meteorite and I never lost sleep over the incident).

You profess to be a Christian. World wide, there are something like two billion Christians. By definition, every one of them is a ‘Creationist.” I don’t know of any Christian who does not, as an article of faith, believe that God created the universe (the heavens and the earth). Do you? Has anyone ever done a representative sampling of these give or take two billion Christians, and in that sampling queried them on Christ riding a dinosaur, UFOs, Geocentricism, HIV/AIDS, or any of your other etc, etc?

A Creationist is shorthand for a “Special creation”ist, i.e. someone who believes in a literal interpretation of Genesis and denies the evidence for evolution; not just anyone who believes that God was responsible for creation.

There are Geocentrist FReepers who are also creationists.

There are Creationist Freepers who speculate on how many dinosaurs Noah could fit on the Ark. As well as Kent Hovind the famous creationist known as “Dr. Dino”. And the Creationist Coloring Book that has Jesus on a dinosaur.

THere are Creationist FReepers who rejects HIV as the cause of AIDS. Check GGG’s home page.

There are Creationist FReepers who deny that Muslim fanatics were responsible for 9-11 and say that they are actually materialist “temple of Darwin fanatics”.

By definition, every one of them is a ‘Creationist.” I don’t know of any Christian who does not, as an article of faith, believe that God created the universe (the heavens and the earth). Do you? Has anyone ever done a representative sampling of these give or take two billion Christians, and in that sampling queried them on Christ riding a dinosaur, UFOs, Geocentricism, HIV/AIDS, or any of your other etc, etc?By definition, every one of them is a ‘Creationist.” I don’t know of any Christian who does not, as an article of faith, believe that God created the universe (the heavens and the earth). Do you? Has anyone ever done a representative sampling of these give or take two billion Christians, and in that sampling queried them on Christ riding a dinosaur, UFOs, Geocentricism, HIV/AIDS, or any of your other etc, etc?

Exactly. And how many Christians do you see stating things like "God has no place in science class", or demands to keep from children that evolution itself IS intelligent design?