From: bivalve (bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com)
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 20:32:24 EST
In a talk at the Geological Society of America, Kurt Wise distinguished between antievolutionists, who seem to think any argument against "evolution" is a good argument, and neocreationists, who are trying to develop scientific models in a young-earth framework (the latter including only a handful of people). Perhaps the "no scientific model" layperson category would also approach the neocreationist category, as opposed to the confrontational and generally inaccurate antievolutionist category.
Confusingly, folks like Eugenie Scott use antievolutionist for all views not accepting a conventional scientific picture of evolution, so the terms have disparate usage. Neocreationist has the advantage of being used for self-identification by Wise, and thus is accepted as a self-designation rather than being imposed by others.
Unfortunately, I am not certain that the fixedearth site is a parody. There are active young-earth geocentrists.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
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