What is Young Earth Creationism?
Young Earth creationism teaches that God created the entire universe in six twenty-four-hour days about six-thousand years ago.[1] Life was created at the start in “kinds,” or distinct, fully-functioning lifeforms. Adam and Eve were the first human kind and there was no physical death for humans before the Fall[2] (physical death being a consequence of the Fall). All the events of Genesis (most notably chapters 1-11) are considered real historical events, which involve real people in real places.[3] The Genesis Flood is a very important event (Gen. 6-10) because a global flood (catastrophism) is how fossil evidence is typically explained in a young earth framework.[4] Proponents of the Young Earth view claim to be the most faithful to Scripture. And they allege that any other interpretation besides a plain, normal or “literal” interpretation of the days of Genesis is a direct attack on Scripture.
Young Earth creationism is opposed to Old Earth creationism, which holds that the earth is much older than six-thousand years.
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