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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. [1] [2] In its broadest sense, creationism includes a continuum of religious views, [3] [4] which vary in their acceptance or rejection of scientific explanations such as evolution ...
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.
The inauguration of so-called "young Earth creationism" as a religious position has, on occasion, impacted science education in the United States, where periodic controversies have raged over the appropriateness of teaching YEC doctrine and creation science in public schools (see Teach the Controversy) alongside or in replacement of the theory ...
A Gallup poll reported that the percentage of people in the US who believe in a strict interpretation of creationism had fallen to 40% in 2010 after a high of 46% in 2006. However, the percentage rose back to 46% in 2012. The highest the percentage has risen between 1982 and 2010 was 47% in 1994 and 2000 according to the report.
Website. creation .com. Creation Ministries International ( CMI) is a nonprofit organisation that promotes the pseudoscience of young Earth creationism. [2] It has branches in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [3] [4]
Gap creationism is a form of old Earth creationism which posits the belief that the six-yom creation period, as described in the Book of Genesis, involved six literal 24-hour days, but that there was a gap of time between two distinct creations in the first and second verses of Genesis, which the theory states explains many scientific observations, including the age of the Earth.
A creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are the most common form of myth, usually developing first in oral traditions, and are found throughout human culture.
Creation–evolution controversy in the age of Darwin. Although the history of evolutionary thought dates back to Empedocles and other Greek philosophers in Europe (5th century BCE ), and Taoism in Asia, and the history of evolutionary thought in Christian theology dates back to Augustine of Hippo (4th century) and Thomas Aquinas (13th century ...