[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply!

I'll ask again: since many people, as you acknowledge, accept both God the Creator and evolution, and by your standards should be called creationists, what term would you suggest for those who are anti-evolution because it conflicts with their beliefs about Creation?

Anti-evolutionist.

And if they wish to respond to a demand for a reason why they are anti-evolutionist, then they could say they support "Young Earth Creationism" or "the Intelligent Design Hypothesis" or "Panspermia" or whatever.

[Ha Ha Thats Very Logical]

Anti-evolutionist.

And if they wish to respond to a demand for a reason why they are anti-evolutionist, then they could say they support "Young Earth Creationism" or "the Intelligent Design Hypothesis" or "Panspermia" or whatever.

That would be fine with me, and I think that's actually what I've usually called anti-evolutionists in these conversations. Because it's the theory of evolution that's at issue, not their (or my) religious beliefs. In the same vein, I'd love to see anti-evolutionists stop framing the question as being about whether one believes in God or not. If we're going to expand the definition of creationist to include everyone who believes in God the Creator, it's going to include a lot of people who accept the theory of evolution, and the anti-evos are going to have to acknowledge that as well.

[tacticalogic]

And if they wish to respond to a demand for a reason why they are anti-evolutionist, then they could say they support "Young Earth Creationism" or "the Intelligent Design Hypothesis" or "Panspermia" or whatever.

I don't believe the last two are necessarily "anti-evolution", since they don't disallow the possibility that life was designed with the ability to evolve.