There are actually many types of old Earth Creationists. One problem that happens is that the term “Creationist” is generally used and thrown around and has become attached to Young-Earthers. Overall there are several Creationist Theologies of differing types:
Day Age (Old Earth Creationism) (unique creation, old earth)
Progressive Creationism (kind type creation, microevolution, old earth)
Theistic Evolution (God initiated, non-involved, scientific ecolution, old earth)
Evolutionary Creationism (God initiated, God-guided, scientific evolution, old earth).
I list the last two seperate, though sometimes they are combined due to them using the same general evolutionary model, but differing only in their theological rather than observational aspects.
This debate between evolution vs. creationism gets painted as a debate between Atheism and Christianity, and that is far from the case. All the “evolutionists” are not “Atheists”, many of us are Christians.
RE “ There are actually many types of old Earth Creationists. One problem that happens is that the term “Creationist” is generally used and thrown around and has become attached to Young-Earthers. “
Creationist Ham himself in this debate made the case that you have to believe in Young Earth to believe the Bible,
by logical extension that all real Creationists are Young Earthers.
RE :” This debate between evolution vs. creationism gets painted as a debate between Atheism and Christianity, and that is far from the case. All the “evolutionists” are not “Atheists”, many of us are Christians.”
I share the same opinion on that with you.
Atheists are very similar to Creationists like Ham in that they argue that any evidence of evolution (includes old age Earth) is also evidence of God's non- existence.
That is not much different than what Ham was preaching.
If distant past evolution is labelled an absolute fact, then by extension it is dogma like Creationism is. That is a problem that some evolutionists create.