Types of Creationism
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Like evolution, creationism can have more than one meaning. At its most basic, creationism is the belief that the universe was created by a deity of some sort - but after that, there is quite a lot of variety among creationists as to just what they believe and why. People may lump all creationists together in one group, but it is important to understand where they differ and why.
-->Creationism: Flat Earthers & Geocentrists
These are two groups which are sometimes put together because their extreme views. Neither group is very large anymore, although they were more common in the past. They don't have much influence in modern society, but the mere fact that they continue to exist is interesting in itself.Theistic Evolution & Evolutionary Creationism
The most basic definition of creationism does not have to be incompatible with evolution; there are many people who believe in a creator god(s) and who also accept evolution.Old Earth Creationism
Sometimes, special creationism accepts the existence of an "old earth," such that an ancient earth is accepted, but not evolution itself. This requires rejecting a completely literal interpretation of Genesis, but not abandoning it completely and not simply reading it as metaphorical in the manner of Theistic Evolutionists.Young Earth Creationism
Young Earth Creationists (YEC), perhaps the largest and most vocal group of creationists currently active in America, rely upon the most literal interpretation of the Bible in comparison to other forms of special creationism. At its heart, the Young Earth Creationist movement is a movement of conservative Christians.Scientific Creationism
When the evolution vs. creationism debate comes up, we are usually speaking of a more specific type of creationism: the fundamentalist Protestant version of creationism. This creationism involves a literal interpretation of the Bible that is incompatible with evolution as well as with much other science and history, but which fundamentalists attempt to harmonize with scientific investigations of nature.Intelligent Design Creationism
Intelligent Design is the most recent form of creationism to develop, but its roots go back much further. Fundamentally speaking, Intelligent Design is based upon the idea that the existence of God could be deduced from the existence of intricate design in the universe.
