Creationalism

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Possibly also influence of "recreational"? If there's a considerable phonetic overlap of "creation" and "recreation," the "-al" in "recreational" might carry over to "Creation(al)ism." ---- Just a suggestion.
 
Gerald Cohen

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Subject: Re: Creationalism



Quoting Bapopik at AOL.COM:
>
> CREATIONALISM--906 Google hits
> CREATIONISM--5,800,000 Google hits
> ...
> This was delivered yesterday in a speech before Google in
> California by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who
> was there to...promote his 10-year-old book...Bloomberg,
> in the same sentence,  is complaining about our
> educational system?
>
> ... "It's scary in this country, it's
> probably because of our bad educational
> system, but the percentage of people
> that believe in Creationalism is really
> scary for a country that's going to
> have to compete in the world where
> science and medicine require a better
> understanding," he  said.

Possibly the influence of "educational" on "creation(al-)"?

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