Yawn, he was a day-age creationist (the ok kind), not Young Earth, and it was nearly 100 years ago.
You are aware that he lobbied state legislatures to ban the teaching of evolution in schools, yes? I care more about that than what kind of creationist he was.
This was a different time. The majority of scientists were not behind evolution at the time, so I give him a free pass. I mean, every hero before the the 20th century, every single one of them, felt the same way about evolution that Bryan did. In, most were worse, since Bryan didn't even disbelieve in the idea of evolution...he merely thought that Adam and Eve were created specially by God. That was his only objection. He was warm to the fact that the Earth could be billions of years old and life could have evolved; he only believed that Adam and Eve were a special creation by God. This actually puts him far ahead of his time and even more of a FF.
You're right that most of them were creationists, but Bryan is the first "hero" I've heard of who tried to ban its teaching.
As to day-age creationism, wouldn't that make him a moderate hero, not a freedom fighter? Either way, again, it's not that he was a creationist in and of itself that warranted its inclusion, but rather the manner in which he advocated it. Trying to ban the teaching of controversial things does not make one a Freedom Fighter in my book.
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