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1) In order to reconcile Creation with Evolution, Old-Earth Creationism holds that God made the universe and then guided Evolution over long epochs.

2) In repudiation of Evolution, Young-Earth Creationismholds that God created the universe and living things relatively recently without the use of Evolution.

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1) In order to reconcile Creation with Evolution, Old-Earth Creationism holds that God made the universe and then guided Evolution over long epochs.

2) In repudiation of Evolution, Young-Earth Creationismholds that God created the universe and living things relatively recently without the use of Evolution.

See also the Related Links.

Link: Evidence for Creation

Link: Can you show that God exists

Link: God's wisdom seen in His creations

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Creationism is the belief that the earth and living things derive from explicit acts of Divine Creation. For young-Earth creationists, this comprises a literal understanding of the Book of Genesis and the disbelief in Evolution.

Here are some websites for creationism including young-earth, old-earth, and intelligent design creationism.

Answers in Genesis: Young-earth creationist department, which operates a Creation Museum.

Access Research Network: Advocates of Intellectual Design Creationism.

Center for Science and Culture: Intelligent design belief. Part of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute.

Creation Ministries International: Young-earth creationists.

Creation Research Society: Research arm of the creation Institute.

Institute for Creation Research: A central group of young-earth creationism.

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Many Christian denominations realise that the concepts of young-earth creationism are implausible. They have to accept the facts of science or risk being seen as irrelevant by an increasing number of parishioners.

For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

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There are at least two, quite different forms of creationism, and the question of whether creationism is credible must be applied separately to each. No doubt, both Young-Earth creationism and Old-Earth creationism are credible to their proponents, but the question must be whether they are credible to other well informed people.
Young-Earth creationism holds that the Earth is only a few thousand years old, usually around six thousand. However, science has proven conclusively that the world is billions of years old, so this can not be credible. Because of the overwhelming evidence that the world is certainly more than six thousand years old, some Young-Earth creationists have adapted Young-Earth creationism by saying that each of the days stated in Genesis chapter 1 was really an almost indefinite period of time. According to this version, the world could be many thousands of years old. This not only undermines the standard Young-Earth creationism argument, but it is even less credible, given that there is no supporting evidence for this, not even biblical evidence.


Old-Earth creationism accepts the scientific evidence for the great age of the Earth, so from this point of view it is more credible than Young-Earth creationism. Nevertheless, some Old-Earth creationists say that God created all living things just as they are today. Others accept that species evolved, but say that this was not the result of natural selection but Intelligent Design. Both versions of Old-Earth creationism fail in the face of scientific evidence, although Intelligent Design is more sophisticated and therefore somewhat more credible. Intelligent Design is also claimed by some Young-Earth creationists, perhaps because it has captured the imagination of a proportion of the population, but it seems inherently an Old-Earth creationism concept.


Ultimately credibility comes down to whether a hypothesis is compatible with the scientific evidence. Creationists do not put forward scientific evidence to support their hypotheses, instead proposing various ways in which they believe they can undermine the evidence for evolution. Occasionally, scientists respond (eg. Dawkins, Perakh, et al)and demonstrate the failure of these arguments. So, to be credible, creationism has to adapt further, until its claims are at least somewhat consistent with the scientific evidence.


For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

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reconciliation of Creation with Evolution is the view of Old-Earth Creationism, which holds that God made the universe and then guided Evolution over long epochs.

In repudiation of Evolution, however, Young-Earth Creationism holds that God created the universe and living things relatively recently without the use of Evolution.

See also:

Is there evidence for Creation?

Can you show that God exists?

Seeing God's wisdom

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