Discussions and Arguments of Old Earth vs Young Earth Creationism

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS III

INTRODUCTION 1

ATHEISTIC EVOLUTION 1

THEISTIC EVOLUTION 1

OLD EARTH CREATIONISM 1

YOUNG EARTH CREATIONISM 2

COPERNICAN PRINCIPLE 2

EVOLUTIONISM 2

YOUNG EARTH AND OLD EARTH CREATIONISM ARGUMENTS 3

PERSONAL VIEW 4

CONCLUSION 4

BIBLIOGRAPHY 5

INTRODUCTION

Evolution theories have been around for a long time. There have also been a lot of old- and young Earth creationism arguments. These theories and arguments are discussed in this paper.

ATHEISTIC EVOLUTION

Atheistic evolution can be defined as a belief that everything was created without any supernatural phenomenon (God). Atheistic evolution is thus basically the opposite of theistic evolution. One of the most well-known atheists is Richard Dawkins.

THEISTIC EVOLUTION

Theistic evolution is the worldview that God created life as we know it; there are some that see this as a way to use science and Christianity to find and explain how life began. Theistic evolutionists believe in old earth creationism.

Since therе are not any initial statеs of God that wе arе awarе of, and bеcause God doеs not act according to gеneral physic laws, thеre is no valid sciеntific еxplanation for how thе univеrse was creatеd. The diffеrent stеps of how diffеrent forms of spеcies dеveloped on Earth can bе еxplained by еvolutionary biologists, thеy can howеver not еxplain the purposе or valuе of evolution.

OLD EARTH CREATIONISM

Old earth creationism is defined as the belief that God created the universe during the course of a few billion years.

During the late 18th century, several geologists began to propose an age for earth based on their various studies, and it greatly exceeded the time frame of the Bible. These new studies started th...

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