The literal belief in the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis.
Theory concerned with the origins of matter and life, claiming, as does the Bible in Genesis, that the world and humanity were created by a supernatural Creator, not more than 6,000 years ago. It was developed in response to Darwin's theory of evolution; it is not recognized by most scientists as having a factual basis.
After a trial 1981–82 a US judge ruled unconstitutional an attempt in Arkansas schools to enforce equal treatment of creationism and evolutionary theory. + prikaži više