Creationism

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This paper explains Genesis 1:1 ("In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth") and numerous writings from the other books of various religions led creationists to believe that man, the earth, and the rest of the universe were originally created by a divine force. The author points out that, there is a complete absence of such proof for creationism; instead, there is irrefutable scientific evidence that the creationist beliefs are in direct conflict with the current scientific theories about how the universe started, such as the "Big Bang" hypothesis, and how life was first formed and evolved through the "building blocks" of life, as in the theory of evolution. The paper relates that scientific evidence, such as geological records, inter-tidal, and terrestrial deposits indicate that, at no recorded time in the past, has the entire planet been under water, as suggested by the story of Noah's flood, which supposedly happened just a few thousand years ago.

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"There are several categories of people who advocate "creation science" but can be broadly grouped into the "young earth creationists" and the "old earth creationists". The former contend that the earth is no more than 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. The more rigid (or "fundamentalist") creationists go further. They believe that the heaven and the earth were created on 4004 BC. The more flexible, "old creationists" concede that the universe could have come into existence a lot earlier but argue for an "initial or first cause" arguing that "Someone" (a divine power) initiated the cataclysmic events for creating the universe and then evolution was used as the process by this divine power to guide the subsequent events. The other major belief of the "young earth creationists" is about a worldwide flood that occurred during the time of Noah, when waters rose for 150 days and went down for the next 150 days and that all existing species of life are the ones that were taken aboard the Noah's Ark."

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