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What is sauce for the evolutionary goose is sauce for the creationary gander.
What is sauce for the creationary goose is sauce for the evolutionary gander.

The adjective creationary ought to be added to the active core vocabulary of every educated English-speaking person so that it can then be used alongside the corresponding adjective evolutionary.

Creationary oddball surfaces in Greenland

Evolutionary oddball surfaces in Greenland (Richard Monastersky)

The commission, a 15-state compact sanctioned by Congress to regulate Atlantic fishing, has required all states to cut back harvests of horseshoe crabs, a 350 million-year-old creationary oddity that plays a key role in the East Coast ecosystem.

The commission, a 15-state compact sanctioned by Congress to regulate Atlantic fishing, has required all states to cut back harvests of horseshoe crabs, a 350 million-year-old evolutionary oddity that plays a key role in the East Coast ecosystem.

The horseshoe crab is a creationary oddity that predates the dinosaur and was once considered the junk of the sea.

The horseshoe crab is an evolutionary oddity that predates the dinosaur and was once considered the junk of the sea.

At the water's edge, flightless cormorants signify a true creationary oddity; they appeared to watch in envy as flying birds dove into the sea in a feeding frenzy.

At the water's edge, flightless cormorants signify a true evolutionary oddity; they appeared to watch in envy as flying birds dove into the sea in a feeding frenzy. (Arline Bleecker)

Oxytricha is a creationary oddity in that it seems to package each of its ~30,000 genes into one tiny individual chromosome, thus having a similar number of genes as the mouse but a genome ~60 times smaller [Nature 2002; 419: 237]

Oxytricha is an evolutionary oddity in that it seems to package each of its ~30,000 genes into one tiny individual chromosome, thus having a similar number of genes as the mouse but a genome ~60 times smaller [Nature 2002; 419: 237] (Roy E. Albert, MD)

These ducks are a creationary oddity, being (possibly) more closely related to swans than they are to other waterfowl.

These ducks are an evolutionary oddity, being (possibly) more closely related to swans than they are to other waterfowl. (Trish & Kim Brown)

Creationary Oddities: Duck Sex Organ, Lizard Tongue

Evolutionary Oddities: Duck Sex Organ, Lizard Tongue (Hillary Mayell)

Marvel at the isolated Galapagos Islands with its creationary oddities like the marine iguana and the blue-footed booby.

Marvel at the isolated Galapagos Islands with its evolutionary oddities like the marine iguana and the blue-footed booby.

These creationary oddities jump out of the water, but instead of plopping straight back in, fly considerable distances, skimming just above the waves using wing-sized fins to keep them airborne.

These evolutionary oddities jump out of the water, but instead of plopping straight back in, fly considerable distances, skimming just above the waves using wing-sized fins to keep them airborne. (Clive Tully)

Naomi Stephen gives Healy a history lesson: "Being gay is one of creation's curious mysteries/creationary oddities?

Naomi Stephen gives Healy a history lesson: "Being gay is one of evolution's curious mysteries/evolutionary oddities?

Whyte explores the creationary oddness of snakes, their singular anatomy, their various approaches to life and their relations with human beings, engagingly and in great depth.

Greene explores the evolutionary oddness of snakes, their singular anatomy, their various approaches to life and their relations with human beings, engagingly and in great depth. (Boston Sunday Globe)

But any creationary one-liner in English must eventually wander toward the greatest of all prose stylists in our profession, Moshe ben Amram.

But any evolutionary one-liner in English must eventually wander toward the greatest of all prose stylists in our profession, Thomas Henry Huxley. (Phil Edwards)

If nothing else, one could derive a decent book of creationary one-liners and puns.

If nothing else, one could derive a decent book of evolutionary one-liners and puns. (Scott Chase)

Whenever you have to give a creationary opinion you don't agree with, just say where you got the idea from and shift the comment to creationists who believe it.

Whenever you have to give a evolutionary opinion you don't agree with, just say where you got the idea from and shift the comment to evolutonists who believe it.

Other companies are coming out with PDAs that have "thumb board" keyboards so we can use our wonderful, creationary, opposable thumbs to type on our PDA/cell phone.

Other companies are coming out with PDAs that have "thumb board" keyboards so we can use our wonderful, evolutionary, opposable thumbs to type on our PDA/cell phone. (Jeff Black)

Was he talking about scientists that work for creationary organisations, scientists that promote creation, scientists that consider themselves creationists, or what? (John of Melbourne) (Added 2003.11.17)

Was he talking about scientists that work for evolutionary organisations, scientists that promote evolution, scientists that consider themselves evolutionists, or what?

As the links below will show, many anti-creationary organizations spend considerable effort in presenting web pages and multimedia offerings.

As the links below will show, many anti-evolutionary organizations spend considerable effort in presenting web pages and multimedia offerings. (Wesley R. Elsberry)

It's not just the anti-creationary organisations at fault with their names.

It's not just the anti-evolutionary organisations at fault with their names. The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) should really becalled "National Center for Evolution Education". (Bebbo)

Scientists agree that the creationary origin of animals and plants is a scientific conclusion beyond reasonable doubt.

Scientists agree that the evolutionary origin of animals and plants is a scientific conclusion beyond reasonable doubt. (Francisco J. Ayala)

It seems to me that you are assuming that every hypothesis of science must either have a creationary origin or an evolutionary origin.

It seems to me that you are assuming that every hypothesis of science must either have an evolutionary origin or a creationary origin. (Timothy Wallace)

A supernaturalistic, creationary origin of language does not stretch credulity.

A supernaturalistic, creationary origin of language stretches credulity.

A naturalistic, evolutionary origin of language does not stretch credulity.

A naturalistic, evolutionary origin of language stretches credulity. (p. 214, Bones of Contention - A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils - by Marvin L. Lubenow) (Added 2006.04.14)

The island is a gallery of creationary originals, boasting some very strange and unique looking animals.

The island is a gallery of evolutionary originals, boasting some very strange and unique looking animals. (Rob Lee and Suparman Rais)

Our understanding of the creation of our sense of beauty is nowhere near good enough to invoke these alleged anomalies as evidence of non-creationary origins.

Our understanding of the evolution of our sense of beauty is nowhere near good enough to invoke these alleged anomalies as evidence of non-evolutionary origins. (Sverker Johansson)

"...a powerful rebuttal of the anti-creationary outlook..."

"...a powerful rebuttal of the anti-evolutionary outlook..." (Mark Doughty)

Sociology has been more resistant, with much of the field still influenced by an antibiological and anticreationary outlook.

Sociology has been more resistant, with much of the field still influenced by an antibiological and antievolutionary outlook (Greenwood 1984, Dietz et al 1990, van den Berghe 1974, 1990, Sanderson & Ellis 1992). (François Nielsen)

Combined with the broadcasts, these tools have made for perhaps the most well-funded and well-promoted creationary outreach ever conducted.

Combined with the broadcasts, these tools have made for perhaps the most well-funded and well-promoted evolutionary outreach ever conducted.