creationist
Divine origin advocate
A creationist believes that the universe and living things originated from divine creation rather than natural processes like evolution.
The term usually refers to those who interpret religious texts literally, holding that God created the world in six days: The school board included several creationists who opposed teaching evolution.
Young-earth creationists believe creation occurred thousands, not billions, of years ago.
Trust without proof
- GodSupreme spiritual authority
- religionSystem of spiritual belief
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
- intelligent designPurposeful cause over randomness
designer · theism · providence · purpose · belief · piety · devotion · worldview
First biblical book
- AdamFirst created man
- EveGenesis matriarch
- NoahBiblical vessel builder
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
serpent · original sin · fall of man · patriarchs · inerrancy · scripture · literal · antediluvian
Strict adherence to core tenets
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
hermeneutics · exegesis · revelation · theology · systematic · denominational · evangelical · reformed
Species changing over generations
- DarwinismNatural selection theory
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
- missing linkUndiscovered ancestral connection
carbon dating · radiometric dating · abiogenesis · primordial soup · speciation · mutation · adaptation · fine-tuning
faith
Trust without proof
- GodSupreme spiritual authority
- religionSystem of spiritual belief
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
intelligent design · designer · theism · providence · purpose · belief · piety · devotion · worldview · supernatural
Genesis
First biblical book
flood · serpent · original sin · fall of man · patriarchs · inerrancy · scripture · literal · antediluvian · ex nihilo
fundamentalism
Strict adherence to core tenets
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- canonAccepted authoritative works
tenet · hermeneutics · exegesis · revelation · theology · systematic · denominational · evangelical · reformed · worldview
evolution
Species changing over generations
- DarwinismNatural selection theory
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
missing link · carbon dating · radiometric dating · abiogenesis · primordial soup · speciation · mutation · adaptation · fine-tuning · controversy
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- origins debateevolution, intelligent design, Darwinism, young earth, Darwin
- pseudoscientistshomeopath, phrenologist, crystal healer, numerologist, reflexologist
- Deniersclimate denier, election denier, moon landing denier, flat earther, anti-vaxxer
creationistevolutionist
Proponent of species transformation
Darwinist · Darwinian · evolutionary biologist · materialist · naturalist
creationistempiricist
Knowledge-from-experience advocate
rationalist · skeptic · secularist · freethinker · positivist