Claim CA510:
Creation and evolution are the only two models of origins.
Source:
Morris, Henry M. 1985. Scientific Creationism. Green Forest, AR: Master
Books, pp. 3, 8-10.
Response:
- There are many mutually exclusive models of creation. Biblical
creationism alone includes geocentrism, young-earth creationism,
day-age creationism, progressive creationism, intelligent design
creationism, and more. And then there are hundreds of very different
varieties of creation from other religions and cultures. Some of the
harshest criticism of creation models comes from creationists who
believe other models.
- Many noncreationist alternatives to Darwinian evolution, or
significant parts of it, are possible and have received serious
attention in the past. These include, among others,
- orthogenesis
- neo-Lamarckianism
- process structuralism
- saltationism
(See Wilkins 1998 below for elaboration.)
- Creation and evolution are not mutually exclusive. They coexist in
models such as theistic evolution.
Links:
Isaak, Mark. 2000. What is creationism?
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wic.html
Wilkins, John. 1998. So you want to be an anti-Darwinian:
Varieties of opposition to Darwinism.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/anti-darwin.html
Further Reading:
Kossy, Donna. 2001. Strange Creations: Aberrant Ideas of Human Origins
from Ancient Astronauts to Aquatic Apes. Los Angeles: Feral House.
created 2003-5-30
