Definition of "creationism" []

• Belief in the literal interpretation of the account of the creation of the universe and of all living things related in the Bible. (noun)

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• "We can more easily demonstrate that ID promotes creationism than that it is creationism*."
• "Even ignoring that a President appoints judges who decide cases on the issue of whether teaching creationism constitutes religious indoctrination, a President who believes in creationism is not one I want making decisions on, for example, whether global warming is occurring. anonymous Says:"
• "Not surprisingly, the bureaucrats think ID = creationism (yet complain creationism is contradictory because ID accepts evolution) and represents a threat to democracy: the Parliamentary Assembly is worried about the possible ill-effects of the spread of creationist ideas within our education systems and about the consequences for our democracies."