gappist

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noun

A proponent of gap creationism.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

noungappist (plural gappists)

plural gappists

  1. A proponent of gap creationism.

    Let us assume, for the moment, that Adam was really the grandfather of Seth, as claimed by “gappists.”

    1981, Creation Research Society Quarterly, page 63
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    Thus, the “gappists” claim the verbs “create” and “make” have different functions and cannot be used interchangeably!

    2004, Marc Millan, Destroying Diabolical Opposition: A Training Manual for Winning the Battle, Dunamis Publishing, →ISBN, page 33

    Many gappists have used the word “replenish” in the KJV translation of Genesis 1:28 to justify the gap theory on the basis that this word means “refill.”

    2006, Ken Ham, “What About the Gap & Ruin-Reconstruction Theories?”, in Ken Ham, Bodie Hodge, editors, The New Answers, Book 1: Over 25 Questions on Creation/Evolution and the Bible, Answers in Genesis, published 2022, →ISBN, page 61

    Synonyms: gap creationist, gap theorist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA proponent of gap creationism.

Origin

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