Re: Origin of the word "Creationism"

In article
<9053259a-252c-4358-9c63-97c220d76f75@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ray Martinez <pyramidial@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jan 15, 8:09 pm, Boikat <boi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 15, 8:32 pm, Ray Martinez <pyramid...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Creationism

"Origin:
1840­50; creation + -ism"

And if I recall correctly, according to the Oxford English Dictionary,
Charles Darwin was the first to write said word in 1840.

Question: what was Creationism called before 1840? Of course I am only
interested in scholarly quotes and references. Failure to produce
means your opinion is sourceless and subjective and therefore false..

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The truth hurts.

No, that's not what they called "creationists" prior to 1840.  I'm
just saying that, due to your comments made about R Hammet, you're an
***.

I just thought I'd share. HAFUD.

Boikat





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Hammett has a valid excuse for accepting evolution and if you review
my posts in that thread you will discover that scientific evidence has
established that persons who accept evolution do so because their
brain is missing a faculty----their brain is damaged. I could
reference this fact from 20 different sources at the drop of a hat. Of
course evolutionists interpret the same data as evidence supporting
Evolution to have modified the brain as such----a modification that
believers in evolution do not have; hence the damage.

Ray

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I do not know of many references that relate religious beliefs to mental
deficiencies, but the ones I have heard of would not help your case.

"A very strong case can be made that many of the steadfastly-
    religiously-convinced are actually mentally ill. The pleasant
escape from reality that they so often indulge in is no more
than the escape psychotics experience when they seek refuge
from reality in a delusional dreamworld of imaginary beliefs."

--from DSM III-R -- the official catalogue of mental illness by
the American Psychiatric Association. DSM-IV is now available
and the DSM-V Prelude is described at http://www.dsm5.org/.

earle
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