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Gap creationism (also known as ruin-restoration creationism, restoration creationism, or the Gap Theory) is a form of old Earth creationism that posits that the six-yom creation period, as described in the Book of Genesis, involved six literal 24-hour days, but that there was a gap of time between two distinct creations in the first and the ...
There is a "special creation" of each separate kind in six 24-hour days, starting a few thousand years ago. [5] In The Mystery of Life's Origin, Charles B. Thaxton argues for "Special Creation by a Creator beyond the Cosmos", and asserts that special creation holds "that the source that produced life was intelligent". [6] [need quotation to verify]
Creationism is the religious belief that the universe and life originated "from specific acts of divine creation", [1] [2] as opposed to the scientific conclusion that they came about through natural processes such as evolution. [3] Churches address the theological implications raised by creationism and evolution in different ways.
Creation science is based largely upon chapters 1–11 of the Book of Genesis. These describe how God calls the world into existence through the power of speech ("And God said, Let there be light," etc.) in six days, calls all the animals and plants into existence, and molds the first man from clay and the first woman from a rib taken from the man's side; a worldwide flood destroys all life ...
The history of creationism relates to the history of thought based on the premise that the natural universe had a beginning, and came into being supernaturally. [1] [2] The term creationism in its broad sense covers a wide range of views and interpretations, and was not in common use before the late 19th century.
Catholic theologian Ludwig Ott in his authoritative Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, under the section "The Divine Work of Creation", (pages 92–122) covers the "biblical hexahemeron" (the "six days" of creation), the creation of man, Adam/Eve, original sin, the Fall, and the statements of the early Fathers, saints, church councils, and popes ...
A recent Gallup poll regarding American views on creation and evolution returned some unprecedented results. Poll: Beliefs in divine creation over evolution hit all-time low in US Skip to main content
Creatio ex nihilo (Latin for "creation out of nothing") is the doctrine that matter is not eternal but had to be created by some divine creative act. [1] It is a theistic answer to the question of how the universe came to exist.