I can't think of any creationists i've interacted with who violate that rule. Do any creationists on SW want to make the case that they understand well the evidence for evolution and an old earth but still reject it?
Indeed, one cannot have scientific understanding and still believe that Genesis is anything but a mythological book written by those too simple to learn the nature of reality.
lol well yes, it takes some serious effort to read Genesis as a scientifically supported book but i don't think we need to be shitty about the people of that time. They weren't simple, they just didn't have the same tools that we do now for understanding the world and likely had different priorities as well.
@Pikachu When I say simple, I do not mean it as an insult. Humans have evolved since then, and it is folly to assume that someone born six or eight thousand years ago would have the necessary cranial capacity to understand something as complex as modern evolutionary theory. It is something akin to expecting a dog to understand Shakespeare merely because it can learn some English words.
I think you may be overestimating how much difference there is between you and a person living 8 thousand years ago. People living 8 thousand years ago are anatomically modern humans with fully fledged civilizations complete with political systems, economy, religion and philosophy. There is no reason that they would not have been able to understand anything that we understand today with the requisite education.
[quote] Do any creationists on SW want to make the case that they understand well the evidence for evolution and an old earth but still reject it? [/quote]
I think this is a British- American thing innit *Ali G accent*
The vast majority of Christians don't reject the science of evolution or the age of the earth. But those that do can claim, as a general rule, only two of the above categories. And yeah, it's definitely more a thing in the US than anywhere else.
@BritishFailedAesthetic Ordinarily, it is understood when people refer to creationists that they mean literal, young Earth creationists. I find it is only ever Christians who reject the young earth model who become confused at the term.
Most Christians do, these days. When i reference Creationism i am referring to the people who believe that life was created at about the same time as described in Genesis and generally adhering to a young earth.
Those people can, as a general rule only claim two of the three labels listed in the OP.
@Pikachu That does not change in any way my original post, "Your theory is useless because it's false. I've known many people who are all three and more."
Many people, eh? How conveniently non-specific. You know many people who believe that evolution never happened who also well understand what evolution theory says?
Give one example from the many. What did they believe and why were you convinced that they were well informed on the subject and honest about what they knew?
