Creation-evolution controversy

The creation-evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. evolution debate or the origins debate) is an ongoing dispute about the real origins of the universe, the Earth, life, or humanity. The opposing viewpoints are understandings of origins based on scientific investigation on the one hand and various religious viewpoints on the other. Those advocating religious viewpoints hold the scientific explanations to be antithetical to certain origin beliefs (in particular Creation according to Genesis and creationism).

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The universe - The Earth - Life - Humanity - Scientific investigation - Religious - Origin beliefs - Creation according to Genesis - Creationism

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The conflict is usually portrayed in the mass media as being between scientists and creationists, but as almost all scientists do not consider the conflict to have any academic legitimacy, it may be more correctly described as a conflict over a conflation of science and religion (see section: Conflation of science and religion).

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Mass media - Scientists - Creationists - Science - Religion - Conflation of science and religion

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The debate is conducted primarily by Christian and Muslim adherents, and is most prevalent and visible in the U.S. Recently the controversy has taken a new tone with the advent of intelligent design advocates who cast the argument in terms of a broader characterization of the explanation of origins, arguing that science inappropriately dismisses the idea that origins could derive from an intelligent designer.

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Christian - Muslim - U.S - Intelligent design - Intelligent designer

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