In evolution-creation "discussions", the word "creationism" comes up, and it is not always clear to everyone what people mean by it. We have young earth creationists (YECs) and old earth creationists (OECs), and both deny evolutionary science and any other sciences that falsify their beliefs - "evolutionist" sciences. But believers who do accept mainstream science will point out that they still believe that God created the world, and in that sense, they are also creationists. What distinguishes them from YECs and OECs is that they do not reject any science for peudo-religio-political reasons. To help clear up this source of misunderstanding, I propose a new word that popped into my head the other day, "evo-phobe" - one who rejects "evolutionism".
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