Creationism

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cre·a·tion·ism[kree-ey-shuh-niz-uhm]

–noun

Creationism is the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in

their entirety by a supernatural deity or deities (typically God), whose existence is

presupposed.-Wikipedia

1. the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually

evolved or developed.2. (sometimes initial capital letter) the

doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible,

esp. in the first chapter of Genesis.-Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

Types

1) Young Earth Creationism

Fundamentalist

Genesis

≠Science

Age of Earth

Young Earth Creationism (scripture):6,000

Science:4.6 Billion

6,000 ≠ 4.6 billion

Also

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physics and chemistry (especially absolute dating methods), geology, astronomy, cosmology,

molecular biology, genomics, linguistics, anthropology, archeology

Earth > 6,000

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Evolution

Fideism

ScienceFaith

Faith

Science

God > Science

Epistomological Conflict Thesis

Science ≠ Religion

Science:Scientific Method

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Religion:Faith

2) Old Earth Creationism

Science - Faith

Old Earth

Day-Age Creationism

Gap Creationism

Evolution?

Progressive Creationism

Theistic Evolution

Creationism in Schools

Alternative

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Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)

3) Intelligent design

“Atheistic”

“Designer” ≠ God

Discovery Institute

Teach the Controversy

Bible

"Science"

Yes Creator

No Evolution

Arguments

A) Irreducible Complexity

Primordial Soup

B)Gap Theory

Cambrian explosion

God

Incomplete Fossil Record

HOLY CRAP!

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Skepticism

Question Dogma

Truth