- Een creationist is iemand die het scheppingsverhaal uit de bijbel letterlijk neemt en daarom denkt dat de evolutie-theorie heiligschennis is. Tegenwoordig staat creationisme ook wel bekend als "Intelligent Design" (ID), en aanhangers van dat geloof in de VS proberen keer op keer om voor elkaar te krijgen dat ID op school onderwezen wordt als alternatief voor de evolutie-theorie.

Over die kwestie is in de VS een rechtzaak geweest waar de aanhangers van ID ongelijk hebben gekregen, en dat ging gepaard met diverse bedreigingen van de kant van de creationisten (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html ).

Nu is in Australie een discussie tussen wat touristen uitgelopen op een steekpartij waarbij een creationist een bioloog van het leven heeft beroofd.

Het zijn toch van die lieve mensen, die fanatieke religieuze types...

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Evolution vs creation row ends in stabbing
December 14, 2007
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25...

A FRUIT-picking trip to southern New South Wales ended in the death of a Scottish backpacker who had become embroiled in a bizarre row about creationism and evolution.

English backpacker Alexander Christian York, 33, was today sentenced to a maximum of five years in jail for the manslaughter of Scotsman Rudi Boa in January last year.

Mr Boa, 28, died on January 27 after being stabbed by York at the Blowering Holiday Park, near Tumut.

Mr Boa and his girlfriend Gillian Brown arrived in Australia from Scotland at the end of 2005 and went to Tumut to pick fruit as their first port of call on a round the world holiday.

The Scottish couple and York, neighbours at the caravan park, were becoming friends and spent the night of January 27 drinking at the Star Hotel in Tumut.

However, towards the end of the night, an argument broke out between York and the pair about creationism versus evolution escalated into a shouting match at the pub.

The couple, both biomedical scientists, had been arguing the case of evolution, while York had taken a more Biblical view of history.

"Although this became perhaps a little sharp edged, it did not really amount to anything," Justice Michael Adams said during York's sentencing in the New South Wales Supreme Court today.

"For some reason, however ... the offender's mood changed suddenly and he began to abuse Mr Boa and Ms Brown.

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According to Ms Brown, York was making dinner when he attacked the couple outside his tent, stabbing Mr Boa with a kitchen knife as the argument escalated.

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In the NSW Supreme Court sitting in Wagga Wagga in July, York was found guilty of manslaughter but acquitted of murdering Mr Boa.

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