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Creation is a doctrinal position in many religions and philosophical belief systems which maintains that one or more deities is responsible for creating the universe. Doctrine (Latin doctrina) is a codification of beliefs or "a body of teachings quot or "instructions" taught principles or positions as the A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy The theological implications of creation may take a variety of forms, the most innocuous being that of a religious dogma, although there are varieties of such a belief fully compatible with a scientific point of view. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas, Greek, plural) is the established Belief or The relationship between religion and science has long held interest for scholars particularly in the Philosophy of science, the Philosophy of religion, and There are religious believers who extend this to a strident advocacy of creationism, but the doctrinal belief is not necessarily synonymous with such advocacy. "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul.

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Scientific creationism

The European Enlightenment, in adopting a materialist mechanistic "clockwork" metaphor for the organization and structure of the universe, accepted as a general principle the "transcendental idealism" of Immanuel Kant that the deity was "first cause". The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a phase in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century The Philosophy of materialism holds that the only thing that can be truly proven to exist is Matter, and is considered a form of Physicalism. In Philosophy, mechanism is a Theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy Transcendental idealism is a doctrine founded by German philosopher Immanuel Kant in the eighteenth century. Immanuel Kant (ɪmanuəl kant 22 April 1724 12 February 1804 was an 18th-century German Philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg Primum movens (Latin First cause) is a term used in philosophical and theological Arguments for the existence of God in connection The belief that the universe itself was rationally organized and capable of being investigated using reason was a development of the medieval view that the cosmos itself was the primary revelation of the divinity of the creator, and it is this scientific ideology that has propelled the development of modern science over the last three centuries. Reason involves the ability to think understand and draw Conclusions in an Abstract way as in Human thinking Science is a body of empirical, theoretical, and practical knowledge about the natural world, produced by a global community of researchers [1]

More recently a second organicist view of scientific creationism has developed which looks at the hylozoic argument that the sacred is immanent in the creation process itself. Hylozoism is the philosophical conjecture that all or some material things possess life or that all life is inseparable from matter SACRED was a Cubesat built by the Student Satellite Program of the University of Arizona. Immanence, derived from the Latin in manere "to remain within" refers to philosophical and metaphysical theories of the divine as existing and acting within the mind This view, closer in some respects to animism, accepts that there may or may not have been a transcendental creator, but in the unfolding of the cosmos, meaning can be found that lifts the processes observed by scientists from the mundane. Animism (from Latin anima ( Soul, Life) commonly refers to a religious belief that Souls or Spirits exist in Animals Profanum is the Latin word for "profane" Central to the social reality of major western religion is the distinction made by Émile Durkheim Rather than an absent transcendental "watchmaker" divinity of the first cause, the immanent view accepts that the entire cosmos is sacred, and that we human beings too are part of this evolutionary process. The watchmaker analogy, or watchmaker Argument, is a Teleological argument for the Existence of God. [2]

Biblical neo-creationism

Main article: Neo-creationism

In the 1920s the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy in the USA led to an upsurge of fundamentalist religious fervor. Neo-creationism is a movement whose goal is to restate Creationism in terms more likely to be well received by the public policy makers educators and the Scientific community The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy was a religious controversy in the 1920s and '30s within the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Fundamentalism refers to a "deep and totalistic commitment" to a belief in and strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often Religious in nature a reaction Anti-evolutionary sentiment stopped U. eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008 S. public schools from teaching evolution, through state laws such as Tennessee's 1925 Butler Act,[3][4] and by getting evolution removed from biology textbooks nationwide. The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Provisions of the law The law "AN ACT prohibiting the teaching of the Evolution Theory in all the Universities Normals and all other public schools of Tennessee which [5]

The launch of the Soviet artificial satellite Sputnik in 1957 created fears that the U. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. S. had fallen behind in science, leading to the promotion of science by the 1959 National Defense Education Act. For the nitrosamine see N-Nitrosodiethylamine The National Defense Education Act of 1958 (NDEA (Public Law 85-864 is a United States Biological Sciences Curriculum Study textbooks teaching evolution were used in almost half of U. The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS is an American Non-profit organization that develops curricular materials based on science and technology for schools S. high schools. However, the prohibitions against teaching evolution were still in place, and a 1961 attempt to repeal the Butler Act failed. [6]

In 1961, the book The Genesis Flood by theologian John C. Whitcomb and Baptist engineer Henry M. Morris brought the Biblically-literal Young Earth creationist theories of Seventh-day Adventist George McCready Price to a wider audience,[7][8] and by 1965 the term "scientific creationism" had gained currency. The Genesis Flood The Biblical Record and its Scientific Implications is a 1961 book by young earth creationists John C John Clement Whitcomb Jr. (born c 1924 is an American Old Testament Theologian and Young Earth creationist. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. Henry Madison Morris PhD ( October 6 1918 – February 25 2006) was an American young earth creationist Biblical literalism (also called Biblicism) is a primarily pejorative term referring to the adherence to an explicit and literal sense of the Bible. Young Earth creationism (YEC is the religious belief that Heaven, Earth, and Life on Earth were created by a direct act of God dating The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated " Adventist " Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance George McCready Price (1870–1963 was a Canadian creationist [8] The 1968 Epperson v. Arkansas judgment ruled that state laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which prohibits state aid to religion. Epperson v Arkansas, 393 US 97 ( 1968) was a United States Supreme Court case that invalidated an Arkansas statute that prohibited The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment refers to the first of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that " The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. [9] In 1975, the Daniel v. Waters decision required state laws constraining biology textbooks which included "origins or creation of man and his world" to give equal treatment to Genesis creation accounts was unconstitutional. Daniel v Waters was a 1975 legal case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down Tennessee 's law regarding Creation according to Genesis refers to the Hebrew narrative of the creation of the heavens and the earth as told in chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis Therefore, creationists instead started to promote "creation science" which omitted explicit biblical references. Creation science or scientific creationism is a movement within Creationism which attempts to use scientific means to disprove the accepted scientific theories on [6] More recently, creationists have championed the concept of "intelligent design", reviving the creationist views of William Paley of the 19th century. Intelligent William Paley (July 1743 &ndash 25 May 1805) was a British Christian apologist, Philosopher, and utilitarian.

"Scientific creationism differs from conventional science in numerous and substantial ways. One obvious difference is the way scientists and creationists deal with error. "[10] While science is based in the scientific method, Biblical neo-creationism is based in doctrine & Biblical faith. Scientific method refers to bodies of Techniques for investigating phenomena

Judaism and Christianity

See also: Creation according to Genesis

Traditional Judaism and Christianity holds the belief in a divine creation of the cosmos as it is recounted in the Bible. Creation according to Genesis refers to the Hebrew narrative of the creation of the heavens and the earth as told in chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings This is affirmed by most scientific creationists. It is wrongly asserted by some that scientific creationists believe that the process of creation is uncovered best through scientific investigation, experiment and observation. This is incorrect. Scientific creationists believe that the processes present at the beginning of the world are not observable, and therefore the process of creation itself cannot be uncovered. What scientific creationists do believe, however, is that the observable creation itself will, by scientific investigation, experiment and observation, yield results that align best with the theory of a recent creation by God.

Many of the non-traditional Christian and Jewish scientific creationists assert that there is no contradiction between the account of Genesis and the scientific account if one considers the Biblical stories are the best scientific account available at the time the Bible was written, and that the Book of Genesis was written in language that people alive at that time would understand. The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the Universe that is best supported by all lines of scientific evidence and Observation. The truths of the Biblical account are therefore theological, moral and ethical in nature, and the text was composed before our modern conception of science even existed.

Genesis 2:4-25

Some Biblical scholarship maintains that the creation story found starting in Genesis 2:3 is the earlier of the two Genesis accounts. This article is about the academic treatment of the bible as a historical document This is not the traditional view, which is that this section is a retelling of the same creation history, but with a focus on the creation of mankind.

The concern in the book of Genesis 2 seems mainly in the origins of humankind and the earth. There is a clear connection between humans and the land (Gen. 2:7) and the notion that people are a special creation of God. Special creation describes a mechanism for producing life on earth that is promoted by "special creationists" following an agenda known as "special creationism"

Genesis 1:1-2:3

This section was is traditionally ascribed to Moses, although the books themselves are anonymous. He may have used copies of written history extant at the time. Or he may have simply penned the oral traditions that came down through the Jewish tradition. However, the exactness with which he records the genealogies indicates that an earlier source was used.

Some Protestant readings since Martin Luther have maintained that these books should be read in a straightforward manner, or just historical accounts are read today. Read in this manner, it teaches that God created the entire universe, including mankind in his present form, in six twenty-four hour periods, and then he rested on the seventh twenty-four hour period (although some people believe time was measured differently in bible times, thus the conclusion that it took God more than six days to create the earth). Many writers both ancient and modern argue that there is a need to read these accounts within their own genres.

One method beginning in the late 18th century called redaction criticism argues that a redactor was the true author, and not Moses. This "priestly" redactor (known as "P" in the Documentary Hypothesis, aka JEDP Theory) compiled this story and edited it at the time of the exile. There is no hard evidence for this; it is an assumption made by the interpreters of modern times.

Using the JEDP outlook, this familiar account today is utilized for a variety of theological purposes.

  1. It is often used to stress the transcendence of God, his sovereignty, awesome power, and identity as wholly separate from creation. In Religion, transcendence is a condition or state of being that surpasses physical existence and in one form is also independent of it
  2. The account is typically used to establish or strengthen the notion of Sabbath as a key mark of God's "chosen people", particularly by Jewish scholars.
  3. This is a key passage for those who support the notion of creatio ex nihilo, or "creation out of nothing". This belief states that God created the cosmos without the aid of anything to begin. Genesis 1:1 reads in Hebrew, "Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'arets. . . ". In most traditional English translations, it reads, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. . . ". God's existence and creative power apart from any original "building blocks" is assumed. A notable exception to this translation appears in the NRSV translation, which reads, "In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth. The New Revised Standard Version ( NRSV) of the Bible, released in 1989, is a thorough revision of the Revised Standard Version (RSV . . ", which, while still compatible with the Hebrew text, seems to make the assumption that God created the universe out of "chaos". While this idea is found elsewhere in Scripture (notably in the Psalter), the NRSV is the first major English translation to find this notion in Genesis 1.
  4. The first creation story found in Genesis is also the key passage for those who subscribe to some form of creationism. "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. Strict creationism purports that Genesis is a literal account of how God created the universe; other forms of creationism typically affirm that Genesis 1 is true but not to be taken literally. "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. The fact that there are differences in detail between the two creation accounts in Genesis, and that essentially no-one argues that Genesis 1 is more inspired than Genesis 2, demonstrates that not all the details of the two accounts are to be taken literally.

The terms "hashamayim ve'et ha'arets" (translated as Heaven and Earth} is identical to the Sumerian term Anunaki (Anu=heaven, na=and, Ki=Earth {Sumerian)), the name given to the gods in Southern Mesopotamia. The Anunnaki (also transcribed as Anunnaku, Ananaki) are a group of Sumerian and Akkadian deities related to and in some cases Sumerian ( " native tongue " was the language of ancient Sumer, spoken in Southern Mesopotamia since at least the 4th millennium BC Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding By this means, author/redactors of the Babylonian exile were asserting the superiority of their god over the polytheistic gods of Babylonia. The Babylonian captivity, Babylonian exile, is the name typically given to the deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Babylonia was an Amorite state in lower Mesopotamia (modern southern Iraq) with Babylon as its capital

Psalms

Rabbinic Interpretation

A Jewish midrash or homiletical interpretation tells that six things preceded the creation of the world: the Torah and the Throne of Glory were created, the creation of the Patriarchs was contemplated, the creation of Israel was contemplated, the creation of the Temple in Jerusalem was contemplated, the name of the Messiah was contemplated, and repentance too. Psalm 74 ( Greek numbering 73) is part of the Biblical Book of Psalms. Psalm 89 ( Greek numbering Psalm 88) is in the Book of Psalms, part of the Hebrew Bible. Midrash ( Hebrew: מדרש plural midrashim, lit "to repeat" is a Hebrew term referring to the not exact but comparative ( homiletic term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to The Patriarchs (also known as the Avot in Hebrew) according to the Judeo-Christian Old Testament are Abraham, his Son For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Etymology The Hebrew name given in Scripture for the building is Beit HaMikdash or "The Holy House" and only the Temple in Jerusalem is referred to by this name This article is about the concept of a Messiah in religion notably in the Christian Islamic and Jewish traditions (Genesis Rabbah 1:4. Genesis Rabba ( Bereshit Rabba in Hebrew: בראשית רבה) is a religious text from Judaism 's classical period )

The Mishnah teaches that God created the world with ten Divine utterances. The Mishnah or Mishna (he משנה "repetition" from the verb shanah he שנה or "to study and review" is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism Noting that surely God could have created the world with one utterance, the Mishnah asks: What are we meant to learn from this? The Mishnah answers: If God had created the world by a single utterance, men would think less of the world, and have less compunction about undoing God’s creation. (Mishnah Avot 5:1. )

New Testament

Islam

Beginnings

God (Arabic:Allah), in the Quran, says:

"Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran " [21:30]

Islam, like the Judeo-Christian traditions, says that the universe was created in "days" or "steps":

"Verily your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. " [10:3].

It must be noted however, that the Arabic word for 'day' appears in the Quran at several different points, and each time, the length of time is different:

"A day in the sight of your Lord is like 1,000 years of your reckoning" [22:47]

"(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years. " [70:4]

And so, it can be said that Islamic creation story takes place over a long period of time, and the six days, are more commonly considered to be six ages.

Heavens

The Quran declares:

"Then(simultaneously) turned He to the heaven when it was smoke, and said unto it and unto the earth: Come both of you, willingly or loth. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran They said: We come, obedient. Then He ordained them seven heavens in two Days and inspired in each heaven its mandate; and We decked the nether heaven with lamps, and rendered it inviolable. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Knower. " [41: 11-12]

Earth

Regarding the creation of the Earth, the Quran says:

"He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measure therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordance with (the needs of) those who seek (Sustenance). EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran " [41:10]

"And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out!" [51:48]

Hinduism

In Hinduism, Bhakti oriented texts such as the Bhagavat Purana describe that God in his form of the Primeval 'Maha-Vishnu' lies on the 'causal ocean' and as he exhales, countless numbers of universes are created from the pores in his skin. Bhakti ( Devanāgarī: भक्ति) is a word of Sanskrit origin meaning devotion. The Bhagavata Purana (also known as Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, or simply Bhāgavatam) is one of the Puranic texts of Hindu literature God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. For other meanings see Vishnu (disambiguation. Vishnu ( IAST viṣṇu Devanagari विष्णु (honorific Then as he inhales, they are brought back into his body and become nonexistent again until the time of his next outward breath. Each breath is equivalent to many billions of years according to our calculation.

The first living being created in each universe is called 'Brahma' (i. Brahma is the Hindu god ( deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. e "Creator) and is given the task of creating a diversity of life and environments within that particular universe. The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy According to people's karma from the last universe they are put into appropriate bodies in the new one, anything from being Brahma themselves to being a small ant, and the cycle continues for infinity. Karma ( Sanskrit: कर्म, kárman - "act action performance" Pali: kamma) is the concept of "action" Ants are social Insects of the family Formicidae and along with the related families of Wasps and Bees belong to the order Infinity (symbolically represented with ∞) comes from the Latin infinitas or "unboundedness More purified souls are given the task of stewardship over the existence in a similar fashion to Brahma, and are known as 'devas' but none have his specific powers. Deva (देव in Devanagari script pronounced as /'d̪evə/ is the Sanskrit word for "god Deity "

Maha-Vishnu originates from The Supreme Person (Paramatma) - whose abode is beyond this material world. In Hindu theology Paramatman or Paramātmā is the Absolute Atman or Supreme Soul or Spirit (also known as Supersoul or Oversoul) It is said that the material universes exist in a small space of an infinite and eternal 'spiritual sky', known as Vaikuntha. Vaikunta (Sanskrit वैकुण्ठम् or Paramapadham is the abode of Lord Vishnu. The spiritual sky, Vaikuntha, is beyond our material conceptions being filled with eternity, knowledge and bliss. While in the popular mind eternity often simply means existing for a limitless amount of Time, many have used it to refer to a timeless existence altogether outside of Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding In Vaikuntha it is said that "time is conspicuous by its absence" and thus there is no creation or dissolution. For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of It is not destroyed when the material universes become unmanifest, but stays as it is.

There are at least 3 hymns within the 10th Mandala of Rg Veda that deal explicitly with the creation: The Nasadiya Suukta, The Hiranyagarbha Suukta and The Purusha Suukta. The Rigveda ( Sanskrit sa ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise verse" and veda "knowledge"

Maya

Maya account for creation is described in details in Mayan sacred book Popol Vuh. SACRED was a Cubesat built by the Student Satellite Program of the University of Arizona. For other uses see Popol Vuh (disambiguation The Popol Vuh ( K'iche' for "Council Book" or "Book of the Community" According to this book, Earth, the universe and people were created by three water-dwelling serpents and three heaven-dwelling entities:

. . . There was only immobility and silence in the darkness, in the night. Only the creator, the Maker, Tepeu, Gucumatz, the Forefathers, were in the water surrounded with light. They were hidden under green and blue feathers, and were therefore called Gucumatz. By nature they were great sages and great thinkers. In this manner the sky existed and also the Heart of Heaven, which is the name of God and thus He is called.

Then came the word. Tepeu and Gucumatz came together in the darkness, in the night, and Tepeu and Gucumatz talked together. They talked then, discussing and deliberating; they agreed, they united their words and their thoughts.

Then while they meditated, it became clear to them that when dawn would break, man must appear. Then they planned the creation, and the growth of the trees and the thickets and the birth of life and the creation of man. Thus it was arranged in the darkness and in the night by the Heart of Heaven who is called Huracán.

The first is called Caculhá Huracán. The second is Chipi-Caculhá. The third is Raxa-Caculhá. And these three are the Heart of Heaven.

Then Tepeu and Gucumatz came together; then they conferred about life and light, what they would do so that there would be light and dawn, who it would be who would provide food and sustenance.

Thus let it be done! Let the emptiness be filled! Let the water recede and make a void, let the earth appear and become solid; let it be done. Thus they spoke. Let there be light, let there be dawn in the sky and on the earth! There shall be neither glory nor grandeur in our creation and formation until the human being is made, man is formed. So they spoke. . .

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