Creationism

Overview
Creationism is a counter-scientific theory of Creation which adheres strictly to religious doctrine.Creationists are often opposed to the teaching of the theory of evolution, and usually claim that if evolution is to be taught, creationism should be given "equal time" as an equally valid theory – despite the lack of evidence supporting creation, the nonsensicality of many of its argumants, and the near-unanimity of scientists in agreeing that evolution is the only theory which comes anywhere close to explaining the facts.

Related Pages

 * Creationism is one form of direct creation theory.
 * The Creation Museum promotes creationism by presenting it in a museum format

attempts to infiltrate public education

 * creation science (1980s) was found to be against the constitution due to its religious nature
 * intelligent design (ID) was determined in 2005 to be nothing more than creation science with all religious references stripped out (often by straight search-and-replace) and a few scientific-sounding points tacked on
 * teach the controversy advocated teaching both "sides" of the non-existent scientific controversy between evolution and ID
 * creationist advocates of "academic freedom" argue that teachers and students should be free to express their views in class, including in answers to science tests, without fear of retribution: for example, a geology teacher should be allowed to teach that the Earth is 6000 years old, and "God did it" should be an acceptable answer on a biology or geology test. (This is of course a misuse of the term "academic freedom"; it is meant to apply to the results of research, not to teachers at the grade-school level who are largely teaching from a pre-set curriculum.)
 * The hypocrisy of this latest tack became plain when a creationist student accused a teacher of insulting Christianity after the teacher exercised his "academic freedom" to express negative views of creationism.

Reference

 * Wikipedia: Creationism, Creation science
 * Creation Wiki
 * An Index to Creationist Claims, with refutation for each. Compiled by the Talk.Origins archive. Includes Intelligent Design postulates.
 * no equivalent page as of 2010-01-03; see Restating Creationism as Intelligent Design
 * no equivalent page as of 2010-01-03; see Restating Creationism as Intelligent Design
 * no equivalent page as of 2010-01-03; see Restating Creationism as Intelligent Design

Essays

 * 1984 The "Threat" of Creationism by Isaac Asimov

Media

 * Why do people laugh at creationists? (series of video shorts): Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9

News

 * 2006-11-13 So what's with all the dinosaurs?: "The world's first Creationist museum – dedicated to the idea that the creation of the world, as told in Genesis, is factually correct – will soon open."
 * Commentary: slashdot