Creation biology

Creation biology is the attempt by certain creationists to study biology from a young earth creationist perspective. According to its proponents, it is a synthesis of science and religion, as it attempts to draw from both sources in developing its ideas. It is meant to be in contrast with mainstream evolutionary biology, as many creationists see that scientific paradigm as conflicting with their worldview. Creation biology represents a very limited research program and is not considered a part of mainstream science, having been described with the rest of creation science as a pseudoscience by skeptics and many outspoken members of the scientific community (see Creation-evolution controversy).

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Creationists - Biology - Young earth creationist perspective - Synthesis - Science - Religion - Evolutionary biology - Creation science - Pseudoscience - Skeptics - Scientific community - Creation-evolution controversy

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Creation biology is based on the assumption that God created all life on the planet as described in the Genesis account of Creation, in a finite number of discrete created kinds or baramin. Creationists who use creation biology as a support for their claims assert that, while these forms of life were given by God the ability to vary, and even undergo speciation, the kinds can only appear by the action of the divine, cannot interbreed, and cannot increase in geneticcomplexity.

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God - The Genesis account of Creation - Created kind - Baramin - Vary - Speciation - Complexity

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Creation biology therefore differs from mainstream biology mainly in its rejection of the modern synthesis and universal common descent. Since creation biology is concerned almost exclusively with the origins of living things, its advocates actually accept most of mainstream biology regarding physiology, cell structure, the genomic basis of life, microevolution, and speciation.

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Modern synthesis - Common descent - Physiology - Cell - Life - Microevolution - Speciation

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