creationism: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: PNAS - Science, evolution, and creationism. Aug 05, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Radio National Breakfast - Creationism helped by lack of religious history. Mar 17, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Science Education - Evolution vs. Creationism (PDF). Jan 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Andrews University - Is Creationism Still Valid in the New Millennium? (PDF). Sep 06, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - Evolution: Education and Outreach - The effects of religious views and creationism on teleological reasoning, acceptance and understanding of natural selection: a preliminary mixed-methods study. Jun 28, 2025
Mentioned the belief that the theory of evolution is an existential threat to belief in God. Added section headings and cross-references. May 20, 2025
Add new Web site: CARM - What is Creationism? Apr 01, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Watch The Creationism Vs. Evolution Debate: Ken Ham And Bill Nye. Feb 17, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Science, evolution, and creationism. Jan 11, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Dayton - eCommons - The Bible and Creationism. Oct 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Education Resources Information Center - Creationism and Evolution. Sep 06, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Biblical Creationism (PDF). Jul 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Starting Point - Addressing Creationism. May 03, 2024
Add new Web site: The New York Times - The 'Threat' of Creationism. Feb 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Creationism. Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: The Geological Society of America - The evolution of creationism. Sep 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Goshen College - Creationism vs. Evolution: Either dust or lightening started it all. Jul 14, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Taking on creationism. Which arguments and evidence counter pseudoscience? Jun 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - Creationism vs. Evolution: 6 Big Battles. Apr 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - Creationism. Jan 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Creationism. Dec 16, 2022
Noted that belief in divine creation is ancient and that modern creationism is largely associated with certain branches of Protestant Christianity. Jul 13, 2022
Add new Web site: PBS - Creationism. Apr 25, 2022
Media added. May 27, 2021
Added information on how various creationists understand the age of the Earth and the big-bang model. May 28, 2020
Mentioned "old-Earth creationists" and the fact that species are sometimes understood to be the Biblical "kind" mentioned in Genesis. Mar 10, 2017
Mentioned that there is no inherent conflict between the theory of evolution and Roman Catholicism. Mar 10, 2017
Media added. Mar 10, 2017
Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Creationism. Jan 21, 2014
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Creationism. Jan 20, 2014
Article revised to define creationism as a response to modern evolutionary theory, to state that mainstream scientists generally reject it, and to distinguish it from intelligent design. Jun 23, 2009
Article revised to clarify the creationist perspective on teaching evolution in public schools. Jun 23, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How Creationism Work. Dec 23, 2008
Media added. Mar 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Fossil Hominids - The Evidence for Human Evolution. Aug 17, 2006
Article revised and updated. Aug 17, 2006
Added new Web site: Fossil Hominids - The Evidence for Human Evolution. Aug 17, 2006
Added new Web site: National Center for Science Education - Defending the Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools. Aug 08, 2006
Added new Web site: Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences. Jun 22, 2006
Article revised. Aug 05, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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