Do all baptists...

[Enigma'07]

Believe in young earth creationism? or do we have differing oppinions on the matter?

 

[ZiSunka]

No, baptists are not all YEC.

 

[Matthan]

Personally I believe there is another rational answer for fossils that are said to be 400 million years old.

Matthan <J><

 

[Gold Dragon]

Believe in young earth creationism? or do we have differing oppinions on the matter?

There are many differing baptist opinions on creation theology even on this forum. I'm sure there are many more different opinions in the baptist community at large.

 

[Ave Maria]

Baptists have lots of differing opinions on creation theory.

 

[DiscipleOfIAm]

That's what makes us so great! We're allowed to have different opinions about things. So, to answer the question as so many have already done, no!

 

[22 Degree Halo]

This Baptist is not YEC.

 

[Enigma'07]

ok, thanks guys.

 

[Huperetes]

Today, there are so many different theological views being held by we folks who bear the label of "Baptist," that one cannot discern what a person believes just from the label. Baptists run the gamut from the most liberal, (the Baptist professor and father of the 'Social Gospel,' Walter Rauschenbusch, being an example), to the most conservative and fundamentalist Baptists. Now, if you had asked whether all fundamentalist Baptists were creationists, then the answer would be yes. Creationism was one of the major issues which defined the fundamentalist movement at its beginning.

 

[integra evan]

I honestly don't know the difference between young earth creation and old earth creation.

 

[22 Degree Halo]

YEC believes Earth to be anywhere between 6,000 and 11,000 years old.

OEC believes Earth to be about 4.5 billion years old.