Types of Creationism
Several attempts have been made to categorize the different types of creationism, and create a "taxonomy" of creationists. Creationism covers a spectrum of beliefs which have been categorized into the broad types listed below. As a matter of popular belief and characterizations by the media, most people labeled "creationists" are those who object to specific parts of science for religious reasons; however many (if not most) people who believe in a divine act of creation do not categorically reject those parts of science.
Acceptance | Humanity | Biological species | Earth | Age of Universe | |
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Young Earth creationism | 40% (US) | Directly created by God. | Directly created by God. Macroevolution does not occur. | Less than 10,000 years old. Reshaped by global flood. | Less than 10,000 years old (some hold this view only for our solar system). |
Gap creationism | Scientifically accepted age. Reshaped by global flood. | Scientifically accepted age. | |||
Progressive creationism | 38% (US) | Directly created by God (based on primate anatomy). | Direct creation + evolution. No single common ancestor. | Scientifically accepted age. No global flood. | Scientifically accepted age. |
Intelligent design | Proponents hold various beliefs. for example, Behe accepts evolution from primates | Divine intervention at some point in the past, as evidenced by what intelligent-design creationists call "irreducible complexity" | Some adherents accept common descent, others not. Some claim the existence of Earth is the result of divine intervention | Scientifically accepted age | |
Theistic evolution (evolutionary creationism) | Evolution from primates. | Evolution from single common ancestor. | Scientifically accepted age. No global flood. | Scientifically accepted age. |
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