Now I want a button like this.
___________
/ Evolutionary\
| Creationist |
\___________/
if I were to dare wear it.
The problem with the term "Progressive Creationist" is that it is simply not
catchy enough for a lapel button. It is jargon, and few observers would get
the point.
On the other hand,"Old Earth Creationist" (and even more so, "Evolutionary
Creationist"), will be recognized as an apparent oxymoron, and will provoke
some thought (or a fight, but probably not both).
"Old Earth Creationist" is rather vague, so it could cover gap theory, but I
wouldn't think of it as doing so. If I were inventing this term, then as
the inventor, I would include PC (Progressive Creation) and TE (Theistic
Evolution). As a term, it seems to specifically address geology, and to be
indifferent to biology.
OEC seems like a nice term for those who feel like they have the geological
questions nailed down, but for whom the evolutionary debate is a big
headache.
"Evolutionary Creationist" implies a biological statement: that evolution is
part of God's toolbox in creating the world and all that lives in it.
However,it could mean a lot less than it appears.
"Micro-evolutionary creationist" could include YECS, since micro-evolution
is accepted by so many. I can see a young earther wearing that slogan to
make a point;
"Macro-evolutionary creationist" seems like the default meaning;
"Chemical-evolutionary creationist" seems meaningless, but I'm sure
something can be contrived in reference to abiogenesis.
And, what is the difference between Theistic Evolution (TE) and Evolutionary
Creation (EC)?
Well, that's my latest thoughts on this OUCH/Alphabet/Slogan thread.
Other than that, Amen to keeping the term 'Creation' pure in refering to
God's creation, rather than a particular theory of how God created it.
Dennis Sweitzer