by Erik Karhatsu May 16, 2006
A person who believes that the biblical account of Genesis is a literal, scientific document, and that all scientific knowledge of evolution and geology are mistaken and/or misrepresented by biased scientists. According to Creationists, the world was created in 6 days some 4 to 6 thousand years ago, God placed fossils into various depths of the Earth for no apparent reason (or that, since fossils are so rare, not all co-existing animals were fossilized together) all species where created individually (with allowance for individual variation and common design themes, but no common anscestry), that all life was harmonious before the fall of man (hence carnivores ate grass), that dinosaurs (which are said to be referred to in the bible as "leviathan" and "behemoth" and are supposedly represented in ancient art) lived at the same time as humans, and that they were whiped out in the biblical flood because they couldn't fit into Noah's Ark (or that he only fit the small ones, in which case some dinosaurs might be alive today).
To promote these views, creationists often misrepresent the data themselves, in an effort to discredit science and abuse it to validate their own beliefs. Hence, they are extremely critical of any and all (overwhelming) evidence that does not support their views while using bogus or equivocal data to prove theirs.
This doesn't work.
Any close, unbiased examination of the evidence reveals that nearly all of the creationist's claims are found wanting. I will not list those reasons here but will instead include a few links below.
Creatonists aim to keep the American public ignorant of evolution and science (which they have done a pretty good job of doing, as recent polls suggest) and desire that creation be taught in public schools along with evolution.
This would be about as ridiculous as teaching two different versions of the Holocaust in history classes (as some people claim that it never happened, and can back up this claim with phony evidence) or teaching an alternate flat earth theory (which another society can find "evidence" for) in geography.
That is not to say that there isn't a place for Genesis in the sphere of public education, but that would most likely be in courses involving theology, religion, culture, anthropology, and philosophy.
The moral here, of course, is that one shouldn't look to science to back up theology and vice versa.
Here are some links to learn the truth and why "creation scientists" are wrong (the links themselves can't be included because this site can't have words with more than 50 characters--wtf??). Go to a search engine and type in:
www.talkorigins.org
And perhaps Karl Thornley's page on Theistic Evolution for a few more good links.
To promote these views, creationists often misrepresent the data themselves, in an effort to discredit science and abuse it to validate their own beliefs. Hence, they are extremely critical of any and all (overwhelming) evidence that does not support their views while using bogus or equivocal data to prove theirs.
This doesn't work.
Any close, unbiased examination of the evidence reveals that nearly all of the creationist's claims are found wanting. I will not list those reasons here but will instead include a few links below.
Creatonists aim to keep the American public ignorant of evolution and science (which they have done a pretty good job of doing, as recent polls suggest) and desire that creation be taught in public schools along with evolution.
This would be about as ridiculous as teaching two different versions of the Holocaust in history classes (as some people claim that it never happened, and can back up this claim with phony evidence) or teaching an alternate flat earth theory (which another society can find "evidence" for) in geography.
That is not to say that there isn't a place for Genesis in the sphere of public education, but that would most likely be in courses involving theology, religion, culture, anthropology, and philosophy.
The moral here, of course, is that one shouldn't look to science to back up theology and vice versa.
Here are some links to learn the truth and why "creation scientists" are wrong (the links themselves can't be included because this site can't have words with more than 50 characters--wtf??). Go to a search engine and type in:
www.talkorigins.org
And perhaps Karl Thornley's page on Theistic Evolution for a few more good links.
"Did I tell you about my trip to the American Museum of Natural History?" I asked.
"No," she said, "That sounds wonderful."
"Yeah, I have a profound interest in all things prehistoric."
"I know," she said with a smile.
"You know, I really liked the section on human evolution," I began, almost immediately noticing her tense up a little.
"I don't believe in human evolution," she said.
"Fossils don't lie," I said.
"No," she said, "That sounds wonderful."
"Yeah, I have a profound interest in all things prehistoric."
"I know," she said with a smile.
"You know, I really liked the section on human evolution," I began, almost immediately noticing her tense up a little.
"I don't believe in human evolution," she said.
"Fossils don't lie," I said.
by Killing Kittens November 16, 2004
by Uller June 19, 2005
by Creatarded March 1, 2010
A person that believes that a supernatural, omnipotent being created all things in the same vicinity of time (1 week).
by Alicia Entze March 25, 2008
An ignorant person who feels that the bible must be taken litteraly and any science that contradics what their book says (despite the fact there are different translations of the bible pointing to different things) is wrong. That would be all of science by the way. There is no science at all to suport their ignorant and idiotic claims.
A creationist will not accept the theory of evolution, despite it being fundemental to modern biology & genetics, and do not understand what theory means in scientific literature. They realy dont like this theory at all.
They normaly try to discrace 'evolutionists' and often attempt to imply that science can only be science if it is looked at from a religious perspective when quite the opposite is true. They accept a point and then ty and prove it, the opposite of the scientific method.
Finaly most know nothing about science and simply follow their faith. Many creationist leaders give themselves the title of Dr. Nearly all of these 'doctors' aquired their degrees from uncredited degree mills.
See www.talkorigins.com for a refutal of creationist claims.
A creationist will not accept the theory of evolution, despite it being fundemental to modern biology & genetics, and do not understand what theory means in scientific literature. They realy dont like this theory at all.
They normaly try to discrace 'evolutionists' and often attempt to imply that science can only be science if it is looked at from a religious perspective when quite the opposite is true. They accept a point and then ty and prove it, the opposite of the scientific method.
Finaly most know nothing about science and simply follow their faith. Many creationist leaders give themselves the title of Dr. Nearly all of these 'doctors' aquired their degrees from uncredited degree mills.
See www.talkorigins.com for a refutal of creationist claims.
Scientist: My evidence points to this conclusion therefor this conclusion is likely to be correct
Creationist: The bible says this happened, I'll try to prove it. Hmm no evidence. I better make some up....
Creationist: The bible says this happened, I'll try to prove it. Hmm no evidence. I better make some up....
by Denny the enlightened May 25, 2005
a person who believes, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that every single word in the good book is 100 percent factual. They tend to exhibit outward signs of basic intelligence and know a lot of big words, occasionally even well educated, but have the general intelligence of a shoe. See also : brainwashed.
by J October 17, 2003