“Evos cannot claim the right to define the term *creationist*. They claim that they have that right as scientists to *properly* define scientific terms *as scientists use them* and expect others to be obligated to adhere to them. Well, fine. Then by the same token creationists then by default, get to define creationist terms as creationists use them and everyone else is should be expected to be obligated to use them.”
—About 99.9% of the time I’ve seen the word “Creationist” used - by both evolutionists and Creationists alike - it has been used to refer to those that believe both that God created life and reject evolution.
This is certainly how every major creationist and ID organization uses the term (icr.org, answersingenesis.org, creationism.org, discovery.org, etc).
I’ve also never seen scientists such as Francis Collins, Keith Miller, or Kenneth Miller, etc referred to as “Creationists”, even though they are Christians. And in fact those scientists often rail against both Creationism and ID.
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Which means nothing. Evos call themselves Christians and rail against a creationism without specifying the variety they are referring to.
Scientists don't have a monopoly on defining terms like creationist and creationism.
They don't have a corner on the definition market for every aspect of life simply because they are scientists. That falls outside the realm of scientific endeavor and cannot be addressed in a scientific manner.
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