Is it okay for Christians to post here?

[Tiberius]

Actually, no. I cannot take people like you whining about as basic scientific term as http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evolutionist

I have found numerous errors with Merrian Webster over the years, and in England the dictionary isn't used at all. The word "Evolutionist" is not found in any Cambridge dictionaries:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results....st&x=0&y=0

I find it amusing that you actually believe that your attempt at calling me childish would do anything except make me think less of you.

I called you childish because that was what you were being; I didn't care what you thought of me at the end of it.

Folks - The only way Adrian can take such a position is to ignore the scientific literature as if texts and scholarly works are non-existant. E.g. famous books on evolution such as What Evolution Is use the term throughout. This book was written by the world renowned scholar [i]Ernst Mary which use the term evolutionist throughout it. Adrian is of the opinion that if he says its not used often enough then it will be truel.

Perhaps it is quoted in some scientific work, and as I said the word has been used by scientists to attempt to make it seem less insulting (as the word gay was used by homosexuals). Famous books like "Evolution - What the fossils say and why it matters (Prothero)" do not use the word, and actually devote whole chapters covering the creation/evolution "controversy" and how the word arose.

The term is also used throughout the academic community contrary to what Adrian is trying to lead you to believe. E.g. http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_...so?id=4873

I find it amusing that the one example you used was a press release of a university. Press releases are generally written by university administration, not biologists. Nor is this press release peer reviewed, so it is hardly scientific.

So no Adrian. I won't put up with you or people with your attitude. It's fortunate that you and those with your attitude aren't dominant on scientific forums or circles.

Perhaps, but this isn't a scientific forum. This is a forum for discussing atheism, and we don't like words that imply we "believe" in Evolution as some kind of faith.

I was right the first time. This is not a good place to discuss anything. I'll leave permanently now.

Good bye.