CreationismFrom TinWiki.orgCreationism, sensu stricto, is the idea that the universe was created. There are many variations of this basic concept. In the United States, the general Creationism movement seeks to have the scientific theory of evolution replaced with creationism, or at least to have creationism taught alongside evolution in schools. The vast majorities are Christian movements that view the bible as a source of technical knowledge about the creation and operation of the natural world.
[edit] Variations[edit] ScientificThis is the idea that biblical creationism is a science comparable to the Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, etc. The phrase may have been coined by, but was certainly vastly popularized by Henry Morris, a creationist who authored the work Scientific Creationism. Most creationist movements today are essentially scientific creationist movements. [edit] Young Earth or YECThis is the idea that the bible, especially Genesis, should be interpreted literally; that the earth was created in 6 literal days, is around 4,000 years old, that all different kinds of organisms were created ad hoc during the creation week, and that, among other things, there was a Global Flood that covered the Earth. Duane Gish is a notable and popular YECist. [edit] Old Earth or OECThis is the idea that the bible needn't be strictly interpreted literally, and that, while the God of Genesis did indeed create the earth and everything on it directly, it wasn't necessarily over a 6 day period, nor that it must have happened 4,000 years ago. [edit] Intelligent Design or IDThe most scientifically steeped of the creationism variants, this idea seems to have historical antecedents in Paleyian Natural Theology. Essentially, the premise of ID is that purposeful Design can be detected in otherwise presumably Natural objects. Strictly speaking, ID does not make any suppositions about the identity of the designer, though implicitly it would seem to require, at origins, supernatural agency. Dr. Michael Behe and Philip Johnson, Esq, are major proponents of ID. [edit] IslamicThis idea is essentially similar to any other creationist idea, except that it posits that the Koran is the book to literally interpret with regards to human origins. Usually Islamic Creationism is tied up with other ideas of there being advanced scientific knowledge within the Koran, such as otherwise anachronistic descriptions of human ontogeny and universal cosmology. Islamic Creationism as a movement is very popular in Turkey, wherein it widely borrows from the creationist movements of the United States. Its chief proponent is Harun Yahya. Of note, it is not actually known if "Harun Yahya" is a single person, or a pen name for a group of people. If it is a group of people, it is not even known exactly how tightly organized the group is. [edit] HinduBecause Hinduism is a widely varied religion, there is no coordinated creationist movement within it. However, Hindu nationalist movements do seem to support literalist interpretations of Vedic scriptures, or re-readings that interpret signs of advanced technology and knowledge within them. [edit] OrganizationsSeveral Organizations that promote one variant of creationism exist. Some of the more notable are:
[edit] Wedge ConspiracyThe Wedge Document is an internal memo for the Discovery Institute that was leaked into the internet in 1999. The document outlines a plan to push intelligent design as a science, but that the real intent "seeks nothing less than the overthrow of materialism and its cultural legacies."
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