Meaning of neo-creo | Babel Free

Definitions

Clipping of neo-creationist.

abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang

Examples

“That's why there's no scientific controversy about common descent, the "fact of evolution." When pressed, even neo-creos (such as Michael Behe, the author of Darwin's Black Box) admit⟳ this (although, under other circumstances they're inclined to hedge and fudge).”

“In the early 1990's, however, a new breed⟳ of creationists appeared. These "neo-creos," as they have⟳ been called, are no Dogpatch hayseeds. They have⟳ Ph.D.'s and occupy⟳ positions at some of the better universities. The case they make⟳ against Darwinism does not rest⟳ on the authority of Scripture; rather, it proceeds from premises that are scientific and philosophical, invoking esoteric ideas in molecular biology, information theory and the logic of hypothesis testing.”

“To counter the "sophisticated branding experts" who flummoxed establishmentarian evolutionaries with intelligent design⟳, opponents of classroom debate⟳ over Darwin's theory have⟳ come⟳ up with a catchily derisive neologism that lumps the modern I.D. advocates with religious fundamentalists: neo-creo.”

“That makes it all the more important for the layman to distinguish the various gradations between evolutionists, serious scientists who are interested in ID, "neo-Creos," and Biblical literalists.”

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