creation science

English

Noun

creation science (uncountable)

1. The creation story found in Genesis in the Bible or the Qur'an, presented by fundamentalists as if it were a literal scientific truth.

   Synonym: scientific creationism

   • 2013, Kostas Kamourakis, The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators, page 182:

     […] fundamentalist religious believers who look to religious texts (be it the Bible or the Qur'an) to espouse a so-called creation science […] .

   • 2006, Ram Puniyani, Contours of Hindu Rashtra, page 321:

     The case of creation science vis-a-vis theory of evolution, 'Islamic science' (Koran being the source of all scientific knowledge) […]

   • 2003, Ted Peters, Bridging Science and Religion, page 76:

     […] the inspired writings, be they the Torah, the Qur'an, or the Bible, are interpreted by some in these traditions as providing literal descriptions of all aspects of reality […] Based upon this assumption the idea of creation science was born.

Derived terms

• creation scientist