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* [[Golden ratio]]: Life and the solar system show evidence of ''aesthetic engineering''. An inordinate number of things are engineered around the golden ratio, from the human body to snail shells to the great [[Golden ratio in the planets|planetary clock]].
* [[Golden ratio]]: Life and the solar system show evidence of ''aesthetic engineering''. An inordinate number of things are engineered around the golden ratio, from the human body to snail shells to the great [[Golden ratio in the planets|planetary clock]].
* [[Creation anthropology]]: Creationists and evolutionists have serious differences regarding the origin and nature of humans.
* [[Creation anthropology]]: Creationists and evolutionists have serious differences regarding the origin and nature of humans.
* [[Radiometric dating]]: A large volume of literature and evidence has been amassed giving evidence that the radiometic dating methods used to determine the age of rocks and fossils are based on a combination of demonstrably false and unfalsifiable assumptions, making them so unreliable as to be useless.
* [[Radiometric dating]]: A large volume of literature and evidence has been amassed giving evidence that the radiometric dating methods used to determine the age of rocks and fossils are based on a combination of demonstrably false and unfalsifiable assumptions, making them so unreliable as to be useless.


== History of creationism ==
== History of creationism ==
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Creationism has a history of several thousand years, and has found itself in conflict with [[evolutionism]] nearly as long.  Notable early pagan proponents included [[Lao Tzu]], [[Plato]], and [[Cicero]].  The [[Hebrew]] scriptures provide the most detailed and best known creation account, known as [[Biblical creationism]], which is accepted by the majority of orthodox Christians and Jews.  [[Islamic creationism]] is identical to the core narrative of Biblical creationism, but has some subtle differences.  In the 19th century, with the dawning of the scientific method, creationists began a systematic research program, known as [[Creation science]], which grew in prominence throughout the 20th century until today.  During the same time period, however, creationism came to be excluded from mainstream scientific discourse and public education, so that its research and education took place almost entirely through private means.  In the late 20th century and early 21st century, a movement known as [[Intelligent design]] grew in prominence, which seeks only to provide positive evidence that life, the earth, and the universe was designed, without explicitly identifying the designer.
Creationism has a history of several thousand years, and has found itself in conflict with [[evolutionism]] nearly as long.  Notable early pagan proponents included [[Lao Tzu]], [[Plato]], and [[Cicero]].  The [[Hebrew]] scriptures provide the most detailed and best known creation account, known as [[Biblical creationism]], which is accepted by the majority of orthodox Christians and Jews.  [[Islamic creationism]] is identical to the core narrative of Biblical creationism, but has some subtle differences.  In the 19th century, with the dawning of the scientific method, creationists began a systematic research program, known as [[Creation science]], which grew in prominence throughout the 20th century until today.  During the same time period, however, creationism came to be excluded from mainstream scientific discourse and public education, so that its research and education took place almost entirely through private means.  In the late 20th century and early 21st century, a movement known as [[Intelligent design]] grew in prominence, which seeks only to provide positive evidence that life, the earth, and the universe was designed, without explicitly identifying the designer.


According to a 2004 Gallup poll, 45% of Americans believe God created humans within the last 10,000 years, 38% believe God guided evolution, 13% believe evolution occured without God's guidance, and 4% believe something else or have no opinion.<ref name=Gallup>Authors unknown. "[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml Poll: Creationism Trumps Evolution]." ''CBS News''. November 22, 2004</ref>
According to a 2004 Gallup poll, 45% of Americans believe God created humans within the last 10,000 years, 38% believe God guided evolution, 13% believe evolution occurred without God's guidance, and 4% believe something else or have no opinion.<ref name=Gallup>Authors unknown. "[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml Poll: Creationism Trumps Evolution]." ''CBS News''. November 22, 2004</ref>


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