Creation science

Creation science is a pseudoscientific attempt to map the Bible's creation account in Genesis to scientific facts. It is typically held by those who adhere to a literal interpretation of the Bible's account of creation.

Overview

Creation science attempts to provide empirical support for the Genesis creation narrative from the Bible and disprove or reexplain the scientific facts, theories and paradigms about geology, cosmology, biological evolution, archaeology, history, and linguistics. The main ideas in creation science are: the belief in "creation ex nihilo" (Latin: out of nothing); the conviction that the Earth was created within the last 6,000–10,000 years; the belief that mankind and other life on Earth were created as distinct fixed "baraminological" kinds; and the idea that fossils found in geological strata were deposited during a cataclysmic flood which completely covered the entire Earth. As a result, creation science also challenges the commonly accepted geologic and astrophysical theories for the age and origins of the Earth and Universe, which creationists acknowledge are irreconcilable to the account in the Book of Genesis.

History

Creation science as a modern phenomenon originated with George McCready Price, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, who argued that geology could be interpreted within a biblical framework and to support a literal interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative. His work was later developed and updated by Henry M. Morris and John C. Whitcomb Jr. in their book The Genesis Flood in 1961.

Criticism

Creation science has been criticized by many organizations, such as the National Academy of Sciences, National Center for Science Education, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. They argue that creation science fails to meet the criteria of science, lacks empirical support, and introduces religious precepts into science education.

See also

• Intelligent design
• Young Earth creationism
• Old Earth creationism
• Theistic evolution

References

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  Big Valley Creation Science Museum