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What Is Neo-Creationism? Neo-creationism is a pseudoscientific movement which aims to restate creationism in terms more likely to be well received by the public, policymakers, educators, and by the scientific community. It aims to re-frame the debate over the origins of life in non-religious terms and without appeals to scripture....
History Of Creationism The history of creationism relates to the history of thought based on the premise that the natural universe had a beginning, and came into being supernaturally. The term creationism in its broad sense covers a wide range of views and interpretations, and was not in common use...
Genesis Creation Narrative The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. The narrative is made up of two stories, roughly equivalent to the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis. In the first, Elohim (the Hebrew generic word for God) creates the heavens and the Earth in six...
Creation Science Creation science or scientific creationism is a branch of creationism that claims to provide scientific support for the Genesis creation narrative in the Book of Genesis and disprove or reexplain the scientific facts, theories and paradigms about geology, cosmology, biological evolution, archaeology, history, and linguistics. The overwhelming consensus of the scientific community is that...
Naturalism vs. Evolution: A Religion/Science Conflict? This article covers the answer to the question: “Naturalism vs. Evolution: A Religion/Science Conflict?“ Naturalism is the view that there is no such person as God or anything like God. So taken, it is stronger than atheism; it is possible to be an atheist...
Creation–Evolution Controversy The creation–evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. evolution debate or the origins debate) involves an ongoing, recurring cultural, political, and theological dispute about the origins of the Earth, of humanity, and of other life. In accordance with creationism, species were once widely believed to be fixed products of divine creation, but since the mid-19th century, evolution by natural...
Dialogue With The People Of The Book This article covers interfaith dialogue with the people of the book. The attitude of believers is determined according to the degree of their faith. I believe that if the message is put across properly, then an environment conducive to dialogue will be able...
Message Concerning The September 11th Terrorist Attacks This article covers the message of M. Fethullah Gulen is regarding The September 11th Terrorist Attacks. I would like to make it very clear that any terrorist activity, no matter by whom it is carried out or for what purpose, is the greatest...
Regarding The Information Age and The Clash of Civilizations Regarding Huntington’s claim about the clash of civilizations, I think that rather than being realistic evaluations regarding the future, these types of claims seem to me to be determining new goals in an attempt to influence public opinion within the framework...
The Concept Of Science And Technology Despite the disasters caused by science and technology, their mistaken approach to the truth, and their failure to bring happiness, we cannot condemn them outright and become pure idealists. Science and technology do not bear the full responsibility for humanity being devalued, human feelings...
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Fethullah Gülen’s Idea on the Relationship Between Science and Religion The study of the relationship between science and religion occupies a central position in Fethullah Gülen’s thought. It implements a dialectical confrontation of two concepts as a strategy, leading to a decoding of Islamic principles for the benefit of communities....
Three Groups Opposing Dialogue Three groups opposing dialogue: How are those who are hostile to dialogue activities today relevant to “Kharijites, Karmatis, and anarchists? Karmatism is a heretical esoteric sect founded by Hamdan ibn Karmat in the ninth century AD. Hamdan took advantage of the poverty of people and was...
Darwin’s Theory Of Evolution The Premise Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers — all related. Darwin’s general theory presumes the development of life from non-life...
Why Darwinism Remains Popular This article covers the popularity of Darwinism. It helps us to understand the curiosity of Why Darwinism Remains Popular. It is hard to find another theory that has been so discredited by scientists, and yet is still believed in by so many people, as Darwinism. The...
Progressive Creationism Progressive creationism (see for comparison intelligent design) is the religious belief that God created new forms of life gradually over a period of hundreds of millions of years. As a form of old Earth creationism, it accepts mainstream geological and cosmological estimates for the age of the Earth,...
What Is Natural Theology? Natural theology, once also termed physico-theology, is a type of theology that provides arguments for the existence of God based on reason and the ordinary experience of nature. See also: ‘Aql (Reason) and The Existence and Unity of God This distinguishes it from revealed theology, which is...
Gap Creationism Gap creationism (also known as ruin-restoration creationism, restoration creationism, or “the Gap Theory“) is a form of old Earth creationism that posits that the six-yom creation period, as described in the Book of Genesis, involved six literal 24-hour days (light being “day” and dark “night” as God specified), but that there was a...
Day-age Creationism Day-age creationism, a type of old Earth creationism, is an interpretation of the creation accounts in Genesis. It holds that the six days referred to in the Genesis account of creation are not ordinary 24-hour days, but are much longer periods (from thousands to billions of years). The Genesis account is then reconciled with...
