(September 10, 2008 at 8:45 am)Brick-top Wrote: "The terms "evolutionism" and "evolutionist" are rarely used in the scientific community as self-descriptive terms"You said that I made a mistake. I didn't. Just because people in the field don't use that term often it doesn't mean that people, such as a layman like myself, are making a mistake when we use it. Expecially when the field is being discussed and one is distinguishing between people with different views. Someday I might want to criticise those creationists folks and the term "evolutionist" is an appropriate term so that I can refer to someone who is an adherent to the theory of evolution. How else would I refer to such people? This is a pretty trivial topic and not worth discussing anyway. So let's leave it at that. Okay?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionism
Ace Wrote:Why do you say that?I came here to better understand how theists view things. I wanted to do my best to avoid getting into debates and it seems that I keep getting into them. I don't want to ruffle any feathers.
Perhaps I just need more practice in asking questions in such a way as to not imply that I'm criticizing anyones views. The reason I need to stay away from debates is not that I can't debate my viewpoint but that I have a problem where debates cause me to have chest pains and possibly anxiety attacks. Its probably a result of PTSD that I got from my fight with Leukemia. Its one of the reasons I'm disabled right now. Its nothing personal though. Please keep that in mind. Okey dokey?
