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  Religious People - Where do you stand on the creationist/evolutionist scale? (search mode)
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Question: Just pick the answer you are closest to
#1
Young Earth Creationist - The world was created by a/some god(s), sometime in the last 10,000 years, in a short amount of time. Evolution is heresy.
#2
Old Earth Creationist - Scientists are roughly correct about the age of the earth, but evolution did not happen. A/some god(s) created each species at certain times in history from dust or similar.
#3
Progressive Creationist - Scientists are roughly correct about the age of the earth, and species did develop from previous species, but no actual evolution is present. A/some god(s) created new species out of parts of previous species without natural sele
#4
Theistic Evolutionist - Scientists are roughly correct about the age of the earth, and natural selection did happen to a point. However, A/some god(s) guided the process throughout with a clear end goal in mind and did some of the "evolution" on
#5
Darwinian Evolutionist - The theory of evolution is fully correct and valid. This does not prohibit a god from existing according to my beliefs.
#6
Do not believe in any gods
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« on: October 07, 2016, 05:25:41 PM »
« edited: October 07, 2016, 05:27:22 PM by Dwarven Dragon »
Third option ending was supposed to read: "without natural selection ever being present"
Fourth option ending was supposed to read: "on his/her/their own without the help of natural selection.


This is intended to be a poll, not an evolution megathread, but if it turns into that, so be it.

As I've stated many times before, I'm a (christian) theistic evolutionist. The creation story wouldn't have been written if god didn't play a role, but the scientific evidence for an old earth and some level of natural selection is definitely there and very hard to deny in my view. I believe this is consistent with the bible, even if I don't have a perfect answer to every question YECers/OECers ask.
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Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon
Dwarven Dragon
Atlas Politician
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 31,719
United States


Political Matrix
E: -1.42, S: -0.52

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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2016, 02:51:56 PM »
Quote from: Figueira on October 21, 2016, 01:33:41 PM
For me the answer is 6.

I don't see any huge difference between 4 and 5, though.

The basic difference is 4) involves some sort of "intelligent being" controlling the process of evolution (at least some of the time), while 5) is saying there were no supernatural aspects to evolution or natural selection, but that this doesn't mean there is no god.
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