A biblical critque of creationism

From: Journal of Geoscience Education | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Creationism, supported even by some scientifically informed people, remains an enduring challenge to education in geoscience. Intelligent design is only the most recent attempt to give creationism scientific credence. Scientists typically argue that creationism is religion masquerading as science, but this tactic has not been effective. The failure of creationism lies in the Bible itself. Although creationism has ancient antecedents, American creationism stems from 16th century Protestant dogma which has its basis in John Calvin s "sola scriptura" and the claim that every word of ...

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