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46 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 September 2009 06:15PM

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Comment author: timtyler 11 September 2009 09:25:49PM *  0 points [-]

Whaat?!? Creationism is about a supernatural creator of the universe and man. Theism is about the existence of god - sometimes an interventionist god. They are different concepts. Theism is typically a broader concept than creationism - since you can believe in a god that answers prayers without also believing that she created the universe.

The inaccurate conclusion that I have these concepts muddled together seems to be without a basis in anything I have said. I do not know where you are getting it from :-(

Comment author: gjm 11 September 2009 11:23:07PM 0 points [-]

I'm getting it from the fact that (as I said earlier) you've taken a statement about "creationists" and disputed it on the basis that the corresponding statement with "theists" in place of "creationists" is false.

Comment author: timtyler 12 September 2009 06:22:36AM 0 points [-]

Right - well, leaving aside the whole issue that I did no such thing, that appears to be some faulty logic you have there - creationists are theists (if you believe that god created the universe and man, you at least believe in god) - but not all theists are creationists.