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The Creation-Science War |
 Creationism | Old Earth Creationism
The Christian doctrine of a young-earth (often called "Creationism") was introduced in response to the enormous popularity of Darwin's theory of evolution. Since evolution requires long time periods for life to get started, Christians determined to combat the idea of life originating by natural processes (without creation by God) by demonstrating that the earth is very young.
Since then reliable scientific evidence has accumulated indicating that the earth is indeed very old. But young-earth creationists have been unwilling to honestly consider this evidence. Instead they have undermined the scientific method by introducing the "appearance of age" theory in which they claim that even though the universe looks old, it is actually young; but God created it to look old.
This approach to the established facts of science has alienated the scientific community and caused our science and technology-based culture to look upon Christianity with scorn, rejecting it out of hand. However, there is a growing number of scientists who are Christians who believe that Biblical truth is harmonious with scientific truth. |
