Creation

[aimejl]

What is the difference between the two types of creation views?

 

[Bushido216]

There are actually three.

Young Earth Creationism stipulates that the world was created over six days, six thousand years ago.
Old Earth Creationism stipulates that the world was created over thousands, millions, or possibly billions of years ago, and the "current" world is the finished product.
Theistic Evolution stipulates that the world arised through natural processes, is about 4.5 billion years old, and that evolution is responsible for the full pageant of life on earth.

 

[gluadys]

What is the difference between the two types of creation views?

Basically the view of theistic evolutionists is that nature is the creation of God and that scientific method is an excellent means of discovering what makes nature tick. Theology needs to respond to scientific discoveries and well-established scientific theories by reflecting on how our scientific knowledge of God's works in nature illuminate our understanding of God. This may lead to revising our assessment of some parts of scripture: i.e. some passages formerly understood as historical fact or accurate scientific description will no longer be seen as such, but interpreted in a more poetic way.

Theistic evolutionists do not reject belief in God or the doctrine of Creation or the authority of scripture. They do differ with creationists on the question of preferring a literal interpretation of scripture and may differ with them on the question of the inerrancy of scripture.


Creationists hold that God speaks primarily, if not solely, through the Bible and that a literal interpretation of the Bible is to be preferred. Since the Bible is inerrant and is the authentic form in which the Word of God is made known to humanity, whatever it says is more authoritative than knowledge from any other source, including science. Even so, there are differences among creationists as to how much of the text of scripture is literal. Some old-earth creationists, for example, do not take the word "day" in Genesis 1 to be literal but to refer to indeterminate ages. Young-earth creationists insist the Genesis "day" is the standard 24 hour solar day.

To a significant extent, the disagreement is over the nature of inspiration and the relationship of scriptural truth to truths discovered outside of the study of scripture.

 

[lucaspa]

What is the difference between the two types of creation views?

Both creationism and theistic evolution are the how that God created. Creationism gives ultimate authority to a man-made interpretation of Genesis 1 -- the literal translation. It disregards any evidence God placed in Creation that doesn't agree with this man-made interpretation. Theistic evolution listens to the evidence God left in His creation on how God created and then re-looks at the man-made interpretation to see if there is another interpretation.

 

[Bushido216]

I'd like to note that of the three people who responded to this thread, I am the only one who merely stated positions, and didn't place emphasis on any of them, nor attacked the others.

 

[Dark_Lite]

Then there's Gap Theory:

There were gaps of time between the 6 literal days in which God created the world.

 

[lucaspa]

I'd like to note that of the three people who responded to this thread, I am the only one who merely stated positions, and didn't place emphasis on any of them, nor attacked the others.

That's true. But since you were first, we didn't have to repeat the objective information but were now free to place emphases on the relationship between the two positions.

 

[lucaspa]

Then there's Gap Theory:

There were gaps of time between the 6 literal days in which God created the world.

That may be one form of Gap Theory, but it's one I haven't seen. The more common form is that there is just one gap. Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
http://www.kjvbible.org/gap_theory.html

 

[aimejl]

All I really wanted was to know about the two Creation veiws (young/old) nothing about evolution or the gap theory but thank you for all the information about it all. I just wanted to know so I could answer the question on my profile.

 

[Bushido216]

Then there's Gap Theory:

There were gaps of time between the 6 literal days in which God created the world.

Pretty much OEC.

 

[lucaspa]

All I really wanted was to know about the two Creation veiws (young/old) nothing about evolution or the gap theory but thank you for all the information about it all. I just wanted to know so I could answer the question on my profile.

Ah! Then there are more than two "Creation views". Remember, theistic evolution is a "Creation view" also.

 

[gluadys]

I'd like to note that of the three people who responded to this thread, I am the only one who merely stated positions, and didn't place emphasis on any of them, nor attacked the others.

Having re-read my post I don't think it is accurate to say I attacked any position.

 

[Bushido216]

I didn't say that anyone did both of those things, I merely stated that I did neither.