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To: LLCF who wrote (2548)	4/21/2009 9:36:09 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

don't many creationists assert organisms were placed here on a certain date and they haven't changed at all??? Young earth creationists believe that, I would say. But be aware, creationist is as vague a term as evolution. Guillermo Gonzalez was denied tenure despite his record of publication and development of new concepts in the field of astronomy for being a "creationist". He wrote a popular (that is aimed at the mass market) book arguing earths place in the cosmos is "designed for discovery" - basically the anthropic principle plus noting the earth's in a seemingly ideal place to study the universe. Nothing to do with biology or evolution, but it made him a "creationist" and therefore ended his career at Iowa St Univ. BTW the guy who led the campaign to deny him tenure is an atheist professor of religious studies. A new 'Pope vs Galileo' conflict with different casting - an atheist religion professor playing the part of pope and the part of Galileo played by a new astronomer looking for evidence of divine intentions in the arrangement of the cosmos. BTW I think this would be a great topic for a book exploring the above comparisons. So creationist is as vague a term as evolution.