creationism

crea·tion·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

the doctrine that God creates a new soul for every human being born
the doctrine that ascribes the origin of matter, species, etc. to an act of creation by God, specif. to God's creation of the world as described in the Bible

crea′·tion·ist noun

Converse of object

teach: He says: " They do not teach creationism in science lessons, they discuss it in RE lessons.
think: I just saw the poll for the first time that 48 % think creationism should be taught as fact.
promote: At the same time Christian Unions are allowed to promote creationism and right wing political ideas.
see: Get used to seeing more creationism from Turkey as they're very active.
support: Put it this way, if Evolution was in the Bible would there still be the same wackos supporting Creationism?
consider: Why is it an " extreme viewpoint " to consider creationism " superstitious and fixated on needles traditions " ?

Preposition: as

science: Science - Study and teaching; United States; Campbell, D. ; Smithers, R. Royal Society attacks teaching of creationism as science.

Adjective modifier

biblical: Creationism school opens in Middlesbrough A new £ 20 million school teaching biblical creationism has just opened in Teeside.
scientific: Scientific creationism, however, also came to grief.
literal: YEC and literal Creationism can be seen to be very logical and cohesive.
progressive: Those views, theistic evolution, progressive creationism, also deny the straightforward text of the book of Genesis.
fundamentalist: Still, having the Pope as an ally against fundamentalist creationism is gratifying.
Christian: His aim was to show that Christian creationism was intellectually untenable.

Modifies a noun

debate: Creationism debate moves to Britain The debate over creationism in schools was an American problem.
move: Creationism debate moves to Britain The debate over creationism in schools was an American problem.

Noun used with modifier

teaching: Several senior staff have published material on teaching creationism.
young-earth: So a religious school teaching young-earth creationism or other demonstrable falsehoods would be bad.
literalist: I think it may be these types of feelings that are leading christians and even some Anglicans into YEC or literalist Creationism.

Preposition: in

lesson: He says: " They do not teach creationism in science lessons, they discuss it in RE lessons.
school: The Prime Minister: We must be careful of exaggerating the issue of creationism in schools.

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