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Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation, and ...
The history of creationism relates to the history of thought based on the premise that the natural universe had a beginning, and came into being supernaturally. [1] [2] The term creationism in its broad sense covers a wide range of views and interpretations, and was not in common use before the late 19th century.
Young Earth creationism (YEC) is a form of creationism which holds as a central tenet that the Earth and its lifeforms were created by supernatural acts of the Abrahamic God between about 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, [1] [2] contradicting established Scientific data for the Age of Earth given at around 4.54 billion years.
Progressive creationism is the religious belief that God created new forms of life gradually over a period of hundreds of millions of years. As a form of old Earth creationism, it accepts mainstream geological and cosmological estimates for the age of the Earth, some tenets of biology such as microevolution as well as archaeology to make its case.
Creationism is the religious belief that the Universe and life originated "from specific acts of divine creation."For young Earth creationists, this includes a biblical literalist interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative and the rejection of the scientific theory of evolution.
"Creation science" could no longer be taught in public schools, and in drafts of the creation science school textbook Of Pandas and People all references to creation or creationism were changed to refer to intelligent design. [8] Proponents of the intelligent design movement organised widespread campaigning to considerable effect.
God created Adam and Eve, and the entire human race descended from them. The Theory of Evolution is “... the theory that every group of organisms descended from a common ancestor, and that all ...
Creationism is the religious belief that the universe and life originated "from specific acts of divine creation", [1] [2] as opposed to the scientific conclusion that they came about through natural processes such as evolution. [3] Churches address the theological implications raised by creationism and evolution in different ways.