There are only two ways the earth could have come to be. Either Something, something(s) or someone created it, or it got accidentally made.
Creationism is a belief which states that God created the universe in 6 normal days. The belief uses The Bible as a source of information (evidence).
There are many debates between creationists and evolutionists, but they are both pure faiths. Both sides have evidence, but no proof so they are both still classified as theory or a faith.
I am a Christian myself and I believe that Jesus is my saviour, but I still respect others beliefs and opinions.(:
The two most widely-known beliefs are the tradition of Creation, and the theory of Evolution.
The narrative of Divine Creation, which is contained in Genesis ch.1 and 2, states that God created the universe. This teaches us that God exists, that our lives and the world are not random, and that the created things may be assumed to contain vast wisdom in their beautiful and purposeful design. (In recent decades, this wisdom has indeed been partially revealed, through increasingly powerful microscopes.)
According to the theory of Evolution, life developed by random processes, especially mutations. This may be understood as implying that life is an accident, that perceived beauty and wisdom are ultimately purposeless, and that our instinctive yearning for the Eternal is just an electrical impulse in our brain.
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Evolution is a scientific theory explaining the diversity of modern life. The various forms of creationism are religious beliefs, usually inspired by ancient myths captured in religious scriptures.
Creationism is not a theory because it's not based on science, which currently uses the 'hypo-deductive reasoning' approach to problems. That is, someone sees a problem/puzzle, you generate a guess for an answer (the hypothesis) then collect data about your question to see if the real world supports your hypothesis. If it does, you refine your first guess to your improved, informed answer called a theory. Creationism is a faith-based answer to questions that others are using Evolution, geology, and other sciences to answer. No one KNOWS the true answer, it depends on whether you trust faith or science. However, right or wrong, creationism isn't a science, so will never be a theory. Answer: Creationism is not a theory (in the common scientific sense) for the same reason that evolution isn't, since a scientific theory must be repeatable, testable and falsifiable. Both are stories about the past which cannot be repeated, and they involve presuppositions involving faith. It is merely a question of which answer best fits the available evidence. i.e. if one is an impartial observer, which is rarely the case.
According to Wikipedia, Creationism is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their original form by a deity (often the Abrahamic God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam) or deities.Initially, Creationism developed as a response by a minority of Christians to the Theory of Evolution. Its advocates attempted to have Creationism taught, in US schools, in science classes as a valid alternative to evolution. The courts blocked this attempt, on the grounds that Creationism is a topic of religion and to teach it in science classes would breach the separation of church and state.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
Creationism is the belief that the account of the origin of things given in the Bible is the exact and literal truth.
Most certainly not side-by-side. That would imply that they are equivalent notions. Evolution, however, is a scientific theory, and creationism is religious myth. Evolution belongs in biology classes, creationism in something like comparative religion courses.
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No. Teaching creationism alongside evolutionary theory would suggest that they are equivalent explanations. They are not. Evolutionary theory is a well-established scientific model; creationism is a religious myth, and should be taught as such.
Evolution is a scientific theory explaining the diversity of modern life. The various forms of creationism are religious beliefs, usually inspired by ancient myths captured in religious scriptures.
Creationism can and should be taught in a sociology classroom setting, but not in a science classroom like some people want it to be. The reason for this is that creationism is not a scientific theory or even principle, it's part of cultural mythology.
To be technical it is supported by no evidence, is internally inconsistent and is not falsifiable.
OEC is an umbrella term for various ideas on the Creation. These include the Gap Theory and Progressive Creationism. Suggest you look it up via the phrase 'old earth creationism' as it it too long to summarize here.
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Neither. It is a belief, based upon ancient worldwide tradition. See also:Is there evidence for Creation
Aside from some genuine scientific concern about the mechanism of heritability and the role of genes at about 1900, the greatest opposition to the theory has been religious ideology and social science/humanities misunderstandings about the theory. Google creationism. Google secular creationism. Google the modern synthesis.
This creation theory is known as Creationism. The theory states that God created the world in stages instead of all at once.
Because he champions the validity of the scientific bases for the theory of evolution. He also effectively educates regarding the inadequacy of Creationism as a scientific theory.