creationism

en-noun

creationism (usually uncountable, plural creationisms)

the preservation of the race of man is made to grow out of that quickening impulse, which we call the life of humanity. This notion, which was called Traducianism by the schoolmen (the system opposed to it being termed Creatianism ^([sic]))

1848, Robert Wilberforce, The Doctrine of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, in its relation to Mankind and to the Church:

(theology) The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.


ICR

Institute for Creation Research
w:Institute for Creation Research

(creationism) Initialism of Institute for Creation Research.


creationist

A proponent or supporter of creationism.


creationist

en-adj

creationist (comparative more creationist, superlative most creationist)

more creationist (comparative)
most creationist (superlative)


c-decay

c, the symbol used in physics for the speed of light + decay

(creationism, pseudoscience) The discredited theory that the speed of light has decreased over time, proposed by creationists in order to support the belief that the universe is a few thousand years old even though there are objects visible today that are billions of light years away (whereas a constant speed of light would indicate that the universe is billions of years old and so contradict this belief).


baramin

From Biblical Hebrew בָּרָא (bārāˀ, “he created”) + מיִן (mīʸn, “kind”) (misunderstood to mean "created kind"), coined by American creationist Frank Lewis Marsh in 1941.

coin

(creationism) A set of organisms descended from some originally created species (based on the Biblical doctrine of Special Creation); a kind.


creo

Nelson is just about the only creationist who makes some effort at presenting his ideas in legitimate scientific venues, but Pharyngula does a good job of showing why creo's don't do well in such situations.

2004 August 2, Jason, “Around the Blogs”, in Evolutionblog, archived from the original on 2012-03-04:

Anytime you want to debate an intelligent creo instead of the AiG YEC morons I will promptly oblige you.

2005 March 24, Ray Martinez, “Re: Natural Selection”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <1111718471.043282.17720@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>:

And of course the creos will say that whatever they find is evidence for a young universe.

2007 September 10, Nick Matzke, “Iapetus flyby today!”, in Panda's Thumb:

In Texas, for example, a creo-dominated board of education in 2009 successfully shoehorned creationist language into the life and earth sciences standards.

2010 December 17, “Top Ten Evolution Stories of 2010”, in National Center for Science Education:


creo

[comment #128 by "raven"] In the hotbed of creo nonsense, the USA, acceptance of the fact of evolution runs around 99% among relevant scientists.

2007 November 17, PZ Myers, quoting raven (username), “The Discovery Institute lies to educators”, in Pharyngula, archived from the original on 2012-01-26, comment #128:

First, I have to agree with you regarding the many creo sites and their unqualified interpretations of fossil evidence […]

2008 November 26, Mark Gerard, “Re: Science be damned!”, in talk.origins (Usenet):


intelligent design

Became a standard and widely promoted term in the 1987 draft of Of Pandas and People by Percival Davis and Dean H. Kenyon, as a repackaging of creationism after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against its teaching in Edwards v. Aguillard (1987).

Anaxagoras (500–428 B.C.) was the first of the Greeks "to attribute the adaptations of Nature to Intelligent Design, and was thus the founder of Teleology," an idea that has played a retarding function in the history of evolution.

1926, Horatio Hackett Newman, chapter 2, in Evolution, Genetics And Eugenics, page 13:

Of Pandas and People is not intended to be a balanced treatment by itself. We have given a favorable case for intelligent design and raised reasonable doubt about natural descent. But used together with your other text, it should help to balance the overall curriculum.

1993, Percival Davis, Dean H. Kenyon, “Introduction”, in Charles Thaxton, editor, Of Pandas and People, 2nd edition, Dallas, TX: Haughton Pub. Co., →ISBN, page ix:

Intelligent design means that the various forms of life began abruptly through the agency of an intelligent creator with their distinctive features already intact—fish with fins and scales, birds with feathers, beaks, and wings, etc.

2006, Philip Clayton, Zachary R. Simpson, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, Oxford University Press,, →ISBN, page 735:

The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole, was created by an intelligent agent (specified or unspecified) rather than being the result of undirected natural processes.

Dean H. Kenyon
Edwards v. Aguillard
Of Pandas and People
Percival Davis
intelligent design


creation science

[…] fundamentalist religious believers who look to religious texts (be it the Bible or the Qur'an) to espouse a so-called creation science […].

2013, Kostas Kamourakis, The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators, page 182:

The case of creation science vis-a-vis theory of evolution, 'Islamic science' (Koran being the source of all scientific knowledge) […]

2006, Ram Puniyani, Contours of Hindu Rashtra, page 321:

[…] the inspired writings, be they the Torah, the Qur'an, or the Bible, are interpreted by some in these traditions as providing literal descriptions of all aspects of reality […] Based upon this assumption the idea of creation science was born.

2003, Ted Peters, Bridging Science and Religion, page 76:

The creation story found in Genesis in the Bible or the Qur'an, presented by fundamentalists as if it were a literal scientific truth.


Young Earth creationism

(creationism, pseudoscience) Belief that the universe and the Earth are 6,000 to 10,000 years old as inferred from a literal interpretation of the creation narrative in Genesis.


Old Earth creationism

The belief that God created the universe and the Earth very long ago and that the universe and the Earth are as old as scientists have proven.


special creation

We do not know how the Creator created, [or] what processes He used, for He used processes which are not now operating anywhere in the natural universe. This is why we refer to creation as special creation. We cannot discover by scientific investigation anything about the creative processes used by the Creator.

1995, Duane Gish, Evolution: The Fossils Say No, page 42:

In creationism, a theological doctrine which asserts that the origin of the universe and all life in it suddenly sprang into being by unconditional fiat or divine decree.


creationistic

en-adj

creationistic (comparative more creationistic, superlative most creationistic)

more creationistic (comparative)
most creationistic (superlative)


baraminological

(creationism) Of or pertaining to baraminology.


neo-creo

That's why there's no scientific controversy about common descent, the "fact of evolution." When pressed, even neo-creos (such as Michael Behe, the author of Darwin's Black Box) admit this (although, under other circumstances they're inclined to hedge and fudge).

1999 August 17, Phillip E. Johnson with Philip Kitcher, “Should Evolution Be Taught in Schools?”, in Slate Magazine, →ISSN:

In the early 1990's, however, a new breed of creationists appeared. These "neo-creos," as they have been called, are no Dogpatch hayseeds. They have Ph.D.'s and occupy positions at some of the better universities. The case they make against Darwinism does not rest on the authority of Scripture; rather, it proceeds from premises that are scientific and philosophical, invoking esoteric ideas in molecular biology, information theory and the logic of hypothesis testing.

2002 April 14, Jim Holt, “Supernatural Selection”, in New York Times, →ISSN:

To counter the "sophisticated branding experts" who flummoxed establishmentarian evolutionaries with intelligent design, opponents of classroom debate over Darwin's theory have come up with a catchily derisive neologism that lumps the modern I.D. advocates with religious fundamentalists: neo-creo.

2005 August 21, William Safire, “Neo-Creo”, in New York Times Magazine, →ISSN:

That makes it all the more important for the layman to distinguish the various gradations between evolutionists, serious scientists who are interested in ID, "neo-Creos," and Biblical literalists.

2005 August 28, Sally Jenkins, “Just Check the ID”, in Washington Post, →ISSN:


neo-creo

neo-creo (comparative more neo-creo, superlative most neo-creo)

more neo-creo (comparative)
most neo-creo (superlative)

I come at last to the most basic difficulty with the neo-creo attack, it's dim suggestions that the scientific world needs a shot of supernaturalism.

2003, Phillip Kitcher, “Born-Again Creationism”, in In Mendel's Mirror: Philosophical Reflections on Biology, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC QH331.K6145 2003, page 373:


cdesign proponentsist

en-noun

cdesign proponentsist (plural cdesign proponentsists)

From "cdesign proponentsists", a typographic splicing of design proponents into c[reation]ists, in a 1987 draft for the book Of Pandas and People when, after the US Supreme Court ruled that teaching creationism in US state schools was unconstitutional, the terms creationism and creationists were replaced by intelligent design and design proponents in an attempt to get around the ban.

On the “Wells lies. Again.” thread a few months ago, I pointed out to the cdesign proponentsist that the existence of Stupid Design falsified ID.

2007 December 15, David Marjanovi?, “Billy Dembski, pious and deluded (comment)”, in Pharyngula, retrieved 2012-10-28:

Famous cdesign proponentsist Dembski brought it up again recently in his list of ID "predictions"...

2008 February 18, Sparky, “What's that appendix for, anyway?”, in Discount Thoughts, retrieved 2012-10-28:

But you must not like him because he appointed Judge Jones, who ruled against the cdesign proponentsists, calling their nonsense "breathtaking inanity."

2011 April 8, Frank J, “Re: Warning to the NON-Christians in this group”, in alt.politics.homosexuality (Usenet), message-ID <7856598f-1cae-401b-9f88-9e658121fb4d@x3g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>:

(Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) A creationist.


IDiot

Blend of ID (“intelligent design”) + idiot

blend

In his moronic book, _The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design_ (2004), 334pp., the IDiot William Dembski writes on page 305 about how a fellow IDiot was fired from a research position at a "prestigious molecular biology laboratory" the very same day a press story appeared exposing this character as being an IDiot.

2004 March 12, David Ford, “Re: How is this for an ID lesson plan?”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <b1c67abe.0403121312.35d2e0c@posting.google.com>:

Nor does any sane or rational person believe any enzyme fell together all at once purely by chance - that is the domain of creotards, IDiots, and theoloons.

2008 October 17, Prof Weird, “Re: Pretty cool eh?”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <9f2b4ea1-f138-4ff1-b526-ea6ba94156e4@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com>:

Thus all sciences, including evolution, are guided by the available objective physical evidence while all creationism regularly rejects any implications of objective physical evidence which does not support their IDiot Bibliolatry.

2012 September 18, Virgil, “Re: Creationists SUICIDAL After Evidence Dumps Them”, in alt.talk.creationism (Usenet), message-ID <virgil-2B02C7.14220718092012@bignews.usenetmonster.com>:

(slang, derogatory) A proponent of intelligent design.


Allism

From all + -ism, coined by Peter van Inwagen in 2009.

Let us call it Allism – since it is essentially the thesis that natural selection does it all.

2009, Louis Caruana, Darwin and Catholicism, →ISBN, page 12:

Allism is inconsistent with theism, and, therefore, anyone who professes ignorance as to whether Allism is true should profess ignorance as to whether God exists.

2009, Melville Y. Stewart, Science and Religion in Dialogue, →ISBN, page 823:

2013, A. Rosenberg, Theism and Allism in The Philosophy of Peter Van Inwagen Ed. John Christopher Adorno Keller

(creationism) The rejection of creationism in all its forms (including intelligent design) and the assertion that evolution alone is responsible for the diversity of all living creatures.


Omphalos hypothesis

Named after the 1857 book Omphalos by Philip Henry Gosse, in which it was argued that, in order for the world to be "functional", God must have created the Earth with mountains, canyons, trees, etc. The word Omphalos comes from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”), an example of one such feature putatively needed for completion.

uder

(creationism) The proposition that God created the universe within the past few thousands of years but also introduced false evidence that the universe is of great age.


baraminic

(creationism) Of or relating to a baramin.


apobaramin

From apo- + baramin, coined by American creationist Walter ReMine in 1993.

coin

(creationism) A group of similar holobaramins.


monobaraminic

(creationism) Of or relating to a monobaramin.


holobaraminic

(creationism) Of or relating to a holobaramin.


polybaraminic

(creationism) Of or relating to a polybaramin.


monobaramin

From mono- + baramin, coined by American creationist Walter ReMine in 1993.

(creationism) Part or all of a holobaramin; a group of organisms believed to be related to by common descent in baraminology.


holobaramin

From holo- + baramin, coined by American creationist Walter ReMine in 1993.

(creationism) A grouping of all organisms believed to be genetically related to each other in baraminology.


polybaramin

From poly- + baramin, coined by American creationist Walter ReMine in 1993.

(creationism) A grouping of organisms that belong to different holobaramins.


teach the controversy

en-verb

teach the controversy (third-person singular simple present teaches the controversy, present participle teaching the controversy, simple past and past participle taught the controversy)

teaches the controversy (present singular third-person)
teaching the controversy (participle present)
taught the controversy (participle past)
taught the controversy (past)

Recent developments in some of the states suggest that all public high school biology teachers may soon have to prepare themselves - whether they like it or not - to teach the controversy.

2008, Patrick H. Clancy, Teaching the Controversy: A How-to Guide for Public (Government) School Biology, Xulon Press, →ISBN:

Senator Rick Santorum is a Pennsylvanian in the same circles (author of the ' Santorum Language' that encourages schools to teach the controversy) ...

2009, Lauri Lebo, The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma V. Darwin in Small-town America, The New Press, →ISBN, page 111:

To the extent that ID is a religious idea, and teaching the controversy is not about teaching a real scientific controversy, there are significant endorsement problems .

2010, Frank S. Ravitch, Marketing Intelligent Design: Law and the Creationist Agenda, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 93:

(US, euphemistic, creationism) To teach that life forms may have been created (almost) in their current form by a sentient being in a manner consistent with Christian dogmata, rather than as a result of ordinary evolution, and that the theory of evolution is controversial.


archaebaramin

(creationism) A group of the originally created members of a baramin.


neobaramin

(rare, creationism) A group of the currently alive members of a baramin.


paleobaramin

(rare, creationism) A group of older, now deceased members of a holobaramin.


baraminologically

en-adv

baraminologically (comparative more baraminologically, superlative most baraminologically)

more baraminologically (comparative)
most baraminologically (superlative)

(creationism) In a baraminological manner.


creationist orchard

Analogous to the tree of life, to which the diagram was created in opposition.

(pseudoscience) A diagram referenced by Christian creationists that illustrates the alleged origins of multiple unrelated created kinds of species.


neo-creationism

A pseudoscientific movement which attempts to reframe Christian creationism in more scientific terms, rather than citing Biblical scripture to support their claims.


abrupt appearance theory

the abrupt appearance theory (canonical)

(creationism) A neo-creationist hypothesis which claims that the first life and the universe appeared abruptly, and that plants and animals appeared abruptly in complex form.

punctuated equilibrium

scientific hypothesis with a degree of analogy but entirely consistent with evolution


day-ager

A day-age creationist; a proponent of day-age creationism.


day-age creationism

Old Earth creationism
Old Earth creationism

A type of Old Earth creationism which posits that the six days referred to in the Genesis account of creation are not ordinary 24-hour days, but are much longer periods (from thousands to billions of years).


gap creationist

en-noun

gap creationist (plural gap creationists)


progressive creationism

A type of Old Earth creationism which posits that God created new forms of life gradually over a period of hundreds of millions of years.


gap creationism

A type of Old Earth creationism which posits that the six days referred to in the Genesis account of creation are literal 24-hour days, but that there was a gap of time between two distinct creations in the first and the second verses of Genesis. The hypothesis states that this explains many scientific observations, including the age of the Earth.


anticreationist

en-adj

anticreationist (comparative more anticreationist, superlative most anticreationist)

more anticreationist (comparative)
most anticreationist (superlative)


theistic evolutionist

en-noun

theistic evolutionist (plural theistic evolutionists)


evolutionary creationist

evolutionary creationist (plural evolutionary creationists)

evolutionary creationism
evolutionary creationism

A proponent of evolutionary creationism; someone who believes in theistic evolution.


day-age

the day-age approach


day-age creationist

day-age creationist (plural day-age creationists)


progressive creationist

en-adj

progressive creationist (not comparable)

progressive creationism
progressive creationism

Of or related to progressive creationism.


progressive creationist

en-noun

progressive creationist (plural progressive creationists)


procreationist

(rare) Someone who supports creationism.


creation scientist

creation scientist (plural creation scientists)

Thomas Kuhn had just published his theory of paradigm shifts and scientific revolutions, a brilliant (and controversial) analysis perennially abused by climate-change deniers and creation-scientists, who take him to have said that there’s no way to distinguish kooks from Galileo.

2013 October 22, Alan Levinovitz, “Chairman Mao Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine”, in Slate:

Someone who studies and advocates creation science.


intelligent designer

intelligent designer (plural intelligent designers)

From intelligent design + -er (“supporter”).

A proponent of the intelligent design hypothesis.


AiG

(creationism) Initialism of Answers in Genesis.


Young Earth creationist

Young Earth creationist (plural Young Earth creationists)

Young Earth creationism
Young Earth creationism


flooddidit

From Flood + did + it, modelled after goddidit.

(slang) A sarcastic assertion that something that has not been satisfactorily explained by science is therefore evidence of the Biblical Flood as described in the book of Genesis.


evolution of the gaps

Well, this is 'evolution-of-the-gaps.' Some scientists merely insert evolution when they don't understand something. “Look —we may not understand everything about these biological systems, but we do know some things. We do know that ...

2009, Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God, Zondervan, →ISBN:

It is therefore clear how an evolution-of-the-gaps could be just as metaphysically motivated for an incautious atheist as a God-of-the-gaps could be for an incautious theist. For materialists there simply must eventually be a solution in terms of ...

2010, Michael L. Peterson, Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, Oxford University Press, USA:

(rare, creationism) Evolution, when used as an explanation for anything that is yet unexplained by science.


starlight problem

(creationism, pseudoscience) The conflict between Young Earth creationism (asserting that the universe is thousands of years old) and the starlight-related measurements that show the universe to be billions of years old.


Old Earth creationist

Old Earth creationist (plural Old Earth creationists)


gappist

Let us assume, for the moment, that Adam was really the grandfather of Seth, as claimed by “gappists.”

1981, Creation Research Society Quarterly, page 63:

Thus, the “gappists” claim the verbs “create” and “make” have different functions and cannot be used interchangeably!

2004, Marc Millan, Destroying Diabolical Opposition: A Training Manual for Winning the Battle, Dunamis Publishing, →ISBN, page 33:

Many gappists have used the word “replenish” in the KJV translation of Genesis 1:28 to justify the gap theory on the basis that this word means “refill.”

2006, Ken Ham, “What About the Gap & Ruin-Reconstruction Theories?”, in Ken Ham, Bodie Hodge, editors, The New Answers, Book 1: Over 25 Questions on Creation/Evolution and the Bible, Answers in Genesis, published 2022, →ISBN, page 61:


evo-creo

(slang) Clipping of evolution-creationism.