Creationism: The doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.I think that I would quibble with the definition, since what they really mean is young-earth creationism. After all, I am a creationist as well; just an evolutionary creationist. The problem is that the YEC crowd is so vocal that, in the eyes of the media, that is creationism.
That's the textbook definition, and the way Gov. Chris Christie was speaking at a town hall meeting last week, school districts would be free to teach it.
It seems Christie knew he was about to put his foot in his mouth, then did it anyway.
“I probably have little business getting myself involved in these kinds of questions,” Christie said, adding that local school boards “should be making those decisions about what curriculum is being taught in your schools.”
I doubt that Christie, who is tied up right now in facing off with the unions and trying to save the state’s economy, is thinking much about creationism. As such, he might be receptive to suggestions to allow such teaching. One never knows. He ain't sayin'.
No No James you don't understand to many YECs the EC/TEs are not really Christians.
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Unfortunately, to many YEC followers, that seems to be the prevailing viewpoint. Nathan Ham has hinted at that and Carl Bauer has come right out and said it.
ReplyDeleteYa know, one of the tenets of a heresy is that you are the only ones to have the “secret” truth and that all others are going to hell.