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Creationism & Theistic Evolution Statement of Purpose
The Creationism & Theistic Evolution forum is for Christian members to discuss and debate the topics of Biblical creationism and theistic evolution with other Christians.
Creation Science: The interpretation of scientific knowledge in accord with belief in the literal truth of the Bible, especially regarding the creation of matter, life, and humankind in six days. -- Oxford Dictionary
Theistic Evolution: Theistic evolution is the effort to reconcile Darwin’s theory of undirected evolution with belief in God in general and Christian theology in particular. Analogous terms to theistic evolution include “evolutionary creation,” “fully gifted creation,” and “biologos.” -- discovery.org
All member's who participate in this forum are self-identified Christians through adherence to the Christian Forums' Statement of Faith and the Trinitarian nature of God. It is expected that everyone who posts in this forum will respect all members of the Christian faith, regardless of their denominational differences. Discussions may at times become heated, so please remember to keep your emotions in check and your responses in line with our sitewide rules. We expect our Christian members to show courtesy and respect to each other as brothers and sisters in Christ, and staff will moderate the Christians only forums with this expectation in mind.
Handling Disagreements
Members who participate in the Creationism & Theistic Evolution forum are expected to treat one another with courtesy and respect at all times, ESPECIALLY when you disagree with each other. It is not a flame for a member to disagree with another member's argument or opinion on a specific topic.
Additional Guidelines
Thread Tags: Thread tags are relevant keywords or terms that relate to the topic and/or content of a thread. Tags enable you to find other threads which address the same topic as tagged by other members. Tags are not for flaming or rude comments. The CF site wide rules apply to tags and tags which violate the rules may receive staff actions. Staff are able to see who posted a thread tag. While we want to encourage everyone to tag threads and contribute to the system, please think before you tag.
Christian Apologetics: This is not a forum to discuss/debate the topic of Christian apologetics (the systematic defense of the Christian faith). Please discuss Christian apologetics topics in the Christian Apologetics Center. If you would like to debate Christian apologetics with non-believers, please do so in the Christian Apologetics forum.
CF staff reserves the right to edit, remove, move or close any thread when deemed necessary.
If you have issues with another member and can't work it out or are disgruntled about a staff decision, please click on the "Support" tab in the header navigation bar, or "Contact Us" at the bottom of the page, and open a new support ticket. Discussion of members or staff actions in the forums is considered disruptive and can result in additional staff actions.
The Creationism & Theistic Evolution forum is for Christian members to discuss and debate the topics of Biblical creationism and theistic evolution with other Christians.
Creation Science: The interpretation of scientific knowledge in accord with belief in the literal truth of the Bible, especially regarding the creation of matter, life, and humankind in six days. -- Oxford Dictionary
Theistic Evolution: Theistic evolution is the effort to reconcile Darwin’s theory of undirected evolution with belief in God in general and Christian theology in particular. Analogous terms to theistic evolution include “evolutionary creation,” “fully gifted creation,” and “biologos.” -- discovery.org
All member's who participate in this forum are self-identified Christians through adherence to the Christian Forums' Statement of Faith and the Trinitarian nature of God. It is expected that everyone who posts in this forum will respect all members of the Christian faith, regardless of their denominational differences. Discussions may at times become heated, so please remember to keep your emotions in check and your responses in line with our sitewide rules. We expect our Christian members to show courtesy and respect to each other as brothers and sisters in Christ, and staff will moderate the Christians only forums with this expectation in mind.
Handling Disagreements
Members who participate in the Creationism & Theistic Evolution forum are expected to treat one another with courtesy and respect at all times, ESPECIALLY when you disagree with each other. It is not a flame for a member to disagree with another member's argument or opinion on a specific topic.
- When you disagree, address the content of the post and not the poster.
- When you disagree with someone's position, you should post evidence and supporting statements for your position. This policy, sometimes referred to as "X means Y because of Z", must be followed especially when posting claims that are widely considered to be controversial.
- When you disagree and you find yourself becoming frustrated and angry, step away from the computer and give yourself time to cool down.
- Always proofread your post before hitting the "Reply" button to make sure you have responded with courtesy and respect.
- Only the member to whom the post is addressed, or referred to, may report the post for violations of flaming, goading, or harassment.
- Any member may report a post for flaming or goading a group of members.
- Goading posts are intentionally or unintentionally baiting other members into responding with a flame.
- Depending on context, the use of smilies may come across as flaming or goading.
- It is not a flame for a member to disagree with another member's argument or opinion on a specific topic.
- If you would be offended by a word or phrase applied to your viewpoint, then someone of the opposing viewpoint would be offended as well.
- Members who continue to violate the flaming or goading rules may be banned from this forum.
Additional Guidelines
Thread Tags: Thread tags are relevant keywords or terms that relate to the topic and/or content of a thread. Tags enable you to find other threads which address the same topic as tagged by other members. Tags are not for flaming or rude comments. The CF site wide rules apply to tags and tags which violate the rules may receive staff actions. Staff are able to see who posted a thread tag. While we want to encourage everyone to tag threads and contribute to the system, please think before you tag.
Christian Apologetics: This is not a forum to discuss/debate the topic of Christian apologetics (the systematic defense of the Christian faith). Please discuss Christian apologetics topics in the Christian Apologetics Center. If you would like to debate Christian apologetics with non-believers, please do so in the Christian Apologetics forum.
CF staff reserves the right to edit, remove, move or close any thread when deemed necessary.
If you have issues with another member and can't work it out or are disgruntled about a staff decision, please click on the "Support" tab in the header navigation bar, or "Contact Us" at the bottom of the page, and open a new support ticket. Discussion of members or staff actions in the forums is considered disruptive and can result in additional staff actions.
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