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::Well, I've left Andy's words there, quoted exactly. Do you think someone will complain about quote mining? ;) [[User:Nematocyte|Nematocyte]] 11:01, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
::Well, I've left Andy's words there, quoted exactly. Do you think someone will complain about quote mining? ;) [[User:Nematocyte|Nematocyte]] 11:01, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
==Advocacy for and against [[The theory of evolution]]==
The terms ''evolutionism'' and ''evolutionist'' have aroused the ire of partisans in the [[origins debate]]. Many profess to take offense at the use of these terms. I hope our article can expalain the basis of their objections.
This encyclopedia might adopt these words as neutral terminology to aid discussion and description of advocacy about evolution.
I wonder if the term ''evolutionist'' has been used to mean, "You only '''believe''' in evolution, but you don't '''know''' it for a fact." Such a usage would cast "Evolutionists" as having the same standing as "Creationists". Anyone who feels that biologists have (or should have) superior standing might be affronted by this usage.
I see it merely as being less cumbersome than "a person who is quite sure that evolution is true". --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 13:50, 4 April 2007 (EDT)