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I would be happier with the article if it became so clear that the following sentence would be untrue (and thus have to be omitted):
- Due to imprecise and shifting use of the terms evolution and creationism it is difficult to say definitively whether "creationists" believe in "evolution" or not.
I think we have won half the battle already, assuming SJK's definition of creationism holds.
It should also be possible to resolve any remaining ambiguity over the use of evolution into (a) the accepted Darwinian theory in particular and (b) evolution in general (any theory even the Darwinian one). Then I can die happy :-) Ed Poor
The article is sometimes unclear when mentioning evolution and creationism. Perhaps their meaning is shifting
Maybe we need a chart with categories such as:
- believes God was involved in creation of the various species
- believes in some sort of evolution
- accepts the Darwinian theory of evolution completely
- believes that God created/initiated life on earth
These would be overlapping categories, and the various terms could be defined in reference to them. --Ed Poor
The Catholic Church teaches
[1] that:
- " . . . theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man."
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