Creation
Creationists believe that the biblical account
of the world is literally true.
It is mainly held by fundamental protestant
sects in the United States but has spread
to other countries, including the UK.
They do not believe the massive evidence
for evolution. Instead they believe that the
different species were separately created
and have not evolved since.
In recent decades they have developed
"creation science" which aims to
demonstrate through the methods of
science itself that the Genesis account
is essentially correct and the earth is
really 6000 years old. They argue that
creationism should be taught in science
classes as an alternative theory to evolution.
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