Talking About Words. There is one very special use of quotation marks which it is useful to know about: we use quotation marks when we are talking about words. In this special use, all varieties of English normally use only single quotes, and not double quotes (though some Americans use double quotes even here).
As Odinists, our spiritual beliefs are based upon life, not death. We believe that this planet and the other beings who reside here possess spirits, and we believe that we ourselves have immortal souls. We know also, that there is, in a very real sense, no such thing as time, or space, or death, but only change.
Creationism is the position that God created the universe. There are two views within creationism, the divide is based upon the time period that the earth was created. Young earth creationists generally believe that God created the universe, the earth, and living things on the earth and that the Old Testament literally describes six, 24 hour periods. Therefore, they maintain that the universe is, more or less, anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 years old.