Miscellaneous
The belief that the physical universe was created by God
biblical Creationism
Was man made the same way as plants and animals?
No
The belief that each day of Creation was 24 hours long
literal view
The belief that the earth is millions or billions of years old
old-earth theory
The belief that the earth is about 6000 years old
young-earth theory
The belief that the physical universe developed by chance
evolutionism
God's creation has degenerated because of this
man's sin (the Fall)
Evolutionary biologists believe dinosaurs became extinct before these modern organisms evolved
humans
A "family-tree" listing of who had whom as offspring
genealogy
The process by which most fossils are believed to have been formed
sedimentation
Creation and evolution are both accepted by this
faith
The belief that the random direction of evolution is incapable of causing the level of complexity we see in nature
theory of intelligent design
The belief that God created new groups of species at widely spaced intervals
Explains the fossil record by saying that some prehistoric "men" who lacked souls lived before Adam and Eve
progressive Creationism
This term means that a flood of water covered the entire earth
global flood
Those materials that settle to the bottom of a river
sediments
People who promote this theory believe that life shows evidence of design
theory of intelligent design
"All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made" (John 1:3) directly supports this
biblical Creationism
gap theory
Evolutionists generally believe this theory because they think it allows enough time for evolution to have taken place
old-earth theory
This word means "fearful or monstrous lizard"
dinosaur
This type of evolution combines the biblical account of Creation with biological evolution
Theistic evolution
These, which were created by God, did not slowly change into what we find today
organisms
The belief that each day of Creation was a long period of time, maybe thousands of years
"One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" (2 Peter 3:8)
long-day theory
This boat was larger than Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria
Noah's ark
Name the two creatures described in the book of Job
behemoth leviathan