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 | Other religious views: There are probably in excess of 500 different creation stories among the world's religion that account for the diversity of life forms on Earth. All of the stories are different. |
| Creation science: This is one of the religious views. It is based on the belief that God created the universe. Most believe that this happened less than 10,000 years ago, and that God created all of the species of life along with the world itself. |
| Naturalistic evolution: A set of beliefs that the universe originated about 14 billion years ago; the earth coalesced about 4.5 billion years ago; life subsequently began, probably as bacteria deep in rocks, and has been evolving ever since. The process of evolution has been driven by purely natural forces, without input from a God or a Goddess or multiple deities. |
| Theistic evolution: This resembles naturalistic evolution, except that God used evolution as a tool to guide the development of the different species from the simplest to most complex. |
Topics covered in this section:
| Beliefs of Christian groups |
| Beliefs of other world religions |
| Beliefs of Pagans and Aboriginal groups |
Other related essays
| Overview of evolution and creation science |
| Conflicting world views, and many individual belief systems |
| Beliefs of the U.S. public |
Books on worldwide creation stories & myths:
| D. Leeming & M. Leeming, "A Dictionary of Creation Myths", Oxford University Press, New York, NY, (1994) Read reviews or order this book |
| B.C. Sproul, "Primal Myths: Creation Myths Around the World," Harper Collins, San Francisco, CA, (1979), Page 192 to 194. Read reviews or order this book |
| Johnathan Moore, "What do Americans believe about the origin of species," Public Religion Project, 1998-OCT-12. |
| George Bishop, "The Religious Worldview and American Beliefs about Human Origins" The Public Perspective, 1998-AUG. |
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Copyright ©1995 to 2005 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally published on 1995-NOV-3.
Most recent update: 2005-AUG-30
Author: B.A. Robinson
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