Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation.
In its broadest sense, creationism includes a continuum of religious views, which vary in their acceptance or rejection of scientific explanations such as evolution that describe the origin and development of natural phenomena.The term creationism most often refers to belief in special creation; the claim that the universe and lifeforms were created as they exist today by divine action, and that the only true explanations are those which are compatible with a Christian fundamentalist literal interpretation of the creation myths found in the Bible's Genesis creation narrative. Since the 1970s, the most common form of this has been Young Earth creationism which posits special creation of the universe and lifeforms within the last 10,000 years on the basis of flood geology, and promotes pseudoscientific creation science. From the 18th century onward, Old Earth creationism accepted geological time harmonized with Genesis through gap or day-age theory, while supporting anti-evolution. Modern old-Earth creationists support progressive creationism and continue to reject evolutionary explanations. Following political controversy, creation science was reformulated as intelligent design and neo-creationism.Mainline Protestants and the Catholic Church reconcile modern science with their faith in Creation through forms of theistic evolution which hold that God purposefully created through the laws of nature, and accept evolution. Some groups call their belief evolutionary creationism. Less prominently, there are also members of the Islamic and Hindu faiths who are creationists. Use of the term "creationist" in this context dates back to Charles Darwin's unpublished 1842 sketch draft for what became On the Origin of Species, and he used the term later in letters to colleagues. Asa Gray published a 1873 article in The Nation saying a "special creationist" who held that species "were supernaturally originated just as they are, by the very terms of his doctrine places them out of the reach of scientific explanation."
A 2s electron in a hydrogen atom has more energy than a 2p electron.
Quantum field theory says this is because the 2s electron interacts with itself
by emitting and absorbing a photon.But what if the proton and the electron carry a charge which is always repulsive.Then a 2s electron which is...
The biggest gap of them all and it is found in the most unlikely place?
http://www.sukidog.com/jpierre/strings/mplanck.gif
With Marcus's introduction to Words of Stephen Hawking and "predictions" what might we find from such a talk? We know well this could all be dismissed very easily...
Dear forum members, may I post on this Forum my questions about GR and a brief description and link to my work in which they are answered?
Questions of General Relativity (Also posted on the Special and General Relativity Forum)
1. In the presence of gravitational fields the...
Poll regarding creation of an "Engineering Napster" thread
Hi all,
I've been debating starting one of these for a while, and Tom just mentioned that he's got enough engineering links stored up to start one.
What is the consensus about how you all would like to see napster threads?
This may be a naive question, but...
I know that quantum mechanics prescribes various possible paths given an initial and final state. But is there a principle that is responsible for predicting the necessity of an initial state to begin with? We have QM accounting for all the possible paths...
Hi folks,
Sorry for this second post so quick but its bugging me! I have been reconsidering some fundamentals of electrics and have opened a can of worms for myself (thanks Cliff for closing the lid on the previous one). If i consider again a simple closed DC circuit consisting of a wire and...
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0401136
The theory of Self Creation Cosmology is described and found to be as concordant as the standard cosmological 'concordance model' with local experiments and cosmological observations. However it does not require the speculative hypotheses of inflation...
It seems rather odd to me energy mass equivalancy
of pair creation would be the same as for the
the energy mass equivalancy of direct conversion of
energy to mass with increased velocity.
In the first case you are not only creating
mass but you are also creating particles.In the
the...
I saw this real cool show last night on the science channel about the formation of the moon where it talks about a Mars sized planet that was between the Earth and Mars. This planet crashed into Earth creating the moon. I was aware of this theory, but had not heard that the space rock that did...
Hello,
I am new to this forum so I'm not even sure if my question belongs here. Anyway, i am aware that the sun has the natural ability to create new kinds ot atoms throught it's gravitational force but can it or anything in this universe create Energy?
A Theory of The Maintenance, Re-Creation and Re-Generation of The Universe As We Know It
December 9, 2003
I am going to assume that this idea has already been submitted numerous times in scientific circles. I'll submit it anyhow based upon the experience I have gained which has shown me...
Religion disproving Evolution and proving Creation through Science?
Why must Religous leaders attempt to disprove evolution and prove creationism through science?
A Biology instructor, I once had, made the comment: "This is science class, in science class we play science and in church we...
I'd like someone to poke some holes in this theory so that I can see what I might have missed in my mind.
First this assumes a few things:
A.) That dark energy, exotic matter, or some other form of anti-gravity exists
B.) That the combined anti-gravity pull of all the anti-gravity in the...
I watch and see this continual barage of foolish conversation upon fired sand structures, but no one knows the sand or addresses it. From the sand comes all things made. Like from the water or from the air. I challange any of you on this forum all of you inlcuding you outside this forum or to...
Einstein repeatedly noted that the his theory didn't preclude negative mass-energy. He wrote that he wouldn't elaborate on it in a physical theory since it had not been physically observed. His predilection for a net density of 0 can be seen in his writing as is his almost plaintive admission...
Well, everyone asked for it! I read atleast 5 or 6 posts that had some reference to the want of this topic. I've studied Evolution and Creationism for almost 2 years now. So I'm up to any challenges concerning the matter.
I don't know the appropriate way to start off, so I'll leave it up...
Einstein repeatedly noted that the his theory didn't preclude
>>negative mass-energy. He wrote that he wouldn't elaborate on it in
>>a physical theory since it had not been physically observed. His
>>predilection for a net density of 0 can be seen in his writing as
>>is his almost...
Einstein Solution
c(n)*(1*1.001/1)*v*n=L=v*n=LW=v*(n-l^2)=LWH=v*(n-l^3)=LWHV
The point of this equation is to represent the un-assisted method for the creation of matter in the early universe. Everything starts out as nothing. Nothing is made of imaginary particles. Imaginary...