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The belief that life and the universe were directly created by a divine being, rather than through natural processes.
means The belief that the universe and living things originated through a direct act (or acts) of divine creation, often advanced as an alternative to evolutionary biology and standard cosmology.
from Built from 'creation' (Latin creare, 'to make, bring forth') plus the suffix '-ism,' which turns an idea into a movement. The word existed earlier in a general theological sense, but it sharpened into its modern, combative meaning in the 19th and 20th centuries as a direct reaction to Darwin's theory of evolution — a label for those insisting the Genesis account was literal history rather than scripture to be read alongside science.
- young earth claim
- says universe is about 6000 years old
- science vs. it
- contradicts geology, biology, physics, and astronomy simultaneously
- legal status
- US courts ruled it religion, not science, repeatedly
- rebrand attempt
- became intelligent design to dodge classroom bans