Young-Earth Creationism

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Young-Earth Creationism believes the following (src):

1. That the Universe was created by God and that the Bible, specifically Genesis, gives an accurate and factual account of this process.
2. That the Earth and the Universe are no more than 6,000 to 10,000 years old.
3. That the flood as described in Genesis inundated the entire world, and all contemporary organisms are descendants of those carried on Noah's ark.
4. That scientific evidence supports the above beliefs.

Young-Earth Creationism is true

To many Christians, Darwinian evolution (all of life evolved by natural and random means from pre-biotic compounds) excludes a Creator. The Bible teaches that a Creator created everything in this universe, including life. Not the means by which life could emerge, but life itself.

The strict interpretation of the Bible decries evolution and posits that God created the entire universe and all of today's living species in six days 6000 years ago. Many prominent scientists believe that the Earth is a few thousand years old (see #2 below).

• Creation Magazine

Who says all 'real scientists' believe in evolution? As editor Carl Wieland puts it, 'There are tens of thousands of scientists going about their everyday work and research who find absolutely no reason in science to bow to the idols of evolutionary humanism.'

The Genesis Files - Meet 22 Modern-Day Scientists Who Believe in a Six-Day Recent Creation from Answers in Genesis  Dr. Carl Wieland

...‘Tawheed-ar-Ruboobeeyah’ means maintaining the unity of Lordship. This category is based on the fundamental concept that Allah (swt) alone caused all things to exist when there was nothing. He created or originated all that exists out of nothing. He alone is the sole Creator, Cherisher, and Sustainer of the complete universe and all between it, without any need from it or for it.

Concept of God in Creationism from Islam 101  Dr. Zakir Naik

Young-Earth Creationism is false

"Scientific theories are provisional (there are no ultimate truths) because they are based on observation and experiment, and therefore are subject to revision, or in some cases rejection in the light of new findings. For example, at one time scientists thought that life could not be understood in terms of natural processes. Instead they postulated a Vital Force in order to account for biochemical reactions. However, when Friedrich Wohler and then Hermann Kolbe synthesised organic chemicals from inorganic compounds, vitalist theories were shown to be false, and were eventually abandoned as a result of these and other scientific experiments.

By contrast religion, especially the fundamentalist version, is dogmatic in that its adherents believe an eternal truth has been revealed to them, that this truth is eternally valid (not subject to revision in the light of new facts), and that facts unfavourable to dogma must be disregarded. The Creationist's assumption that the Bible can be used as a guide to the elucidation of nature is nothing new. This idea was one of the basic assumptions that permeated Christian thought for well over a thousand years. However, every time science and religion have come into conflict over an aspect of the natural world—whether the Sun and planets orbit the Earth or the Earth and planets the Sun; the existence of the antipodes, or the origin and meaning of comets—it is the theological world view that has been shattered. As can be seen, history shows that even religious "truth" is of a provisional nature because Scripture was written, and is interpreted by fallible men."

Is Creationism The Answer? from Investigator Magazine  Kirk Straughen