What is the basic idea behind Creationism?

Answer 1

Like evolutionism, creationism has its presuppositions. The first and most determinative is that almighty God created the universe and everything in it in the beginning. Followers of Young-earth creationism hold that this was done roughly 6000 years ago. Old-earth creationists hold that the long ages of the evolutionary time-scale can be accommodated into The Bible record in Genesis. They thus take the accounts non-literally.

Young-earth creationists hold that science does not conflict with their position. They thus point to and use the same data as do other scientists but interpret it differently. Astronomer Russell Humphreys points out that there is actually, when all the evidence is considered, much more evidence for a young than an old earth. Thus a central idea in creationism is the matter of the age of the earth, with criticism of old-age views a significant part of their activity, but by no means the only one.

Old-earth creationists do not have any conflict over the age of the earth, although they hold that God created all things.

Answer 2

The idea behind Creationism is that the universe and its contents were purposefully created by God. See also:

Is there evidence for Creation?

Can you show that God exists?

Seeing God's wisdom

Answer 3

Creationism, in the modern sense, is a reaction to scientific discoveries about the origin of the world and of living things. It is an attempt to take us back to the security of biblical stories of creation, either in the recent past (Young-Earth creation) or the more distant past (Old-Earth creation). Either way, creationism provides an assurance that God created the world.

Old-Earth creationists are more likely to express acceptance of scientific discoveries, but often misinterpret or misrepresent them to suit a creationist position.