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.
Creationists base their beliefs on a literal reading of religious texts, including the biblical Genesis creation myth and islamic mythology from the Qu'ran. For young Earth creationists, this includes a literalist interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative and the rejection of the scientific theory of evolution. Literalist creationists believe that evolution cannot adequately account for the history, diversity, and complexity of life on Earth.