short for young-earth creationism or young-earth creationist
Example sentencesExamples
There has been some shallow and even incorrect thinking and writing on this subject by YECs as well as by their old-earth Christian and non-Christian critics.
In his latest book, Ross tries to undermine the YEC teaching of variation within the created kind.
He is moving toward a YEC [young earth creationist] position.
Most of the leaders of the YEC organizations around the world, in fact, have PhDs in science.
He said that he grew up as a YEC, but really had not studied the issue.
When I say "YEC," I mean the belief in a literal Genesis, six days of creation, roughly 6000 years ago.
The YEC vs. evolution debate is not "science" against the Bible.
I am not aware of any leading evangelical philosopher who is a convinced YEC.
I also wanted to give enough information so the Christians and YECs reading this would understand that I was really one of them.
It appears that he is accusing YEC of using shallow reasoning without reading some of the best current in-depth YEC literature.
Definition of YEC in US English:
YEC
noun
short for young-earth creationism or young-earth creationist
Example sentencesExamples
When I say "YEC," I mean the belief in a literal Genesis, six days of creation, roughly 6000 years ago.
There has been some shallow and even incorrect thinking and writing on this subject by YECs as well as by their old-earth Christian and non-Christian critics.
He said that he grew up as a YEC, but really had not studied the issue.
Most of the leaders of the YEC organizations around the world, in fact, have PhDs in science.
The YEC vs. evolution debate is not "science" against the Bible.
It appears that he is accusing YEC of using shallow reasoning without reading some of the best current in-depth YEC literature.
I also wanted to give enough information so the Christians and YECs reading this would understand that I was really one of them.
In his latest book, Ross tries to undermine the YEC teaching of variation within the created kind.
He is moving toward a YEC [young earth creationist] position.
I am not aware of any leading evangelical philosopher who is a convinced YEC.