"gappist" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1981, Creation Research Society Quarterly, page 63",
          "text": "Let us assume, for the moment, that Adam was really the grandfather of Seth, as claimed by “gappists.”",
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          "ref": "2004, Marc Millan, Destroying Diabolical Opposition: A Training Manual for Winning the Battle, Dunamis Publishing, page 33",
          "text": "Thus, the “gappists” claim the verbs “create” and “make” have different functions and cannot be used interchangeably!",
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          "ref": "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, page 61",
          "text": "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.”",
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        "A proponent of gap creationism."
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          "word": "gap creationist"
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          "word": "gap theorist"
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          "text": "Thus, the “gappists” claim the verbs “create” and “make” have different functions and cannot be used interchangeably!",
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