Distinguish between the theory of evolution and creationism
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Science is based on facts; religion is based on faith. Science is based on observation, evidence, and experimentation; religion is based on revelation. They are two different things, and they cannot be reconciled. While they may sometimes reach the same conclusions, they come to these conclusions in entirely different ways.
Stephen Jay Gould is a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and the author of several books on popular science. He tried to reconcile religion and science with his “non-overlapping magisterial principle (NOMA).”
The science magisterium “covers the empirical realm: What the universe is made of (fact) and why does it work this way (theory).”
The religion magisterium “extends over questions of ultimate meaning and moral value.”
Gould’s view strikes me as trying to have your cake and eat it too. He was a man of science who made many important contributions to evolutionary science, but he evidently had a deep emotional attachment to his religion. NOMA cannot withstand close logical scrutiny.
NOMA was criticized by Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist, in his book The God Delusion (pp 54-61). Dawkins makes the following arguments:
Religion usually includes miracles which by definition violate the laws of science.
NOMA is a two-way street. If science must not address claims made by religion, then religion must not try to use science to prove its claims.
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What Are the Differences Between Evolution and Creationism, Creation Science, and Intelligent Design?
Updated on August 16, 2017

Catherine Giordano
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Creation Myths or Evolution

The explanation for life offered by religions differ from each other in significant ways, but none of them has any basis in science. | Source
How is Science Different from Religion?
Science is based on facts; religion is based on faith. Science is based on observation, evidence, and experimentation; religion is based on revelation. They are two different things, and they cannot be reconciled. While they may sometimes reach the same conclusions, they come to these conclusions in entirely different ways.
Stephen Jay Gould is a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and the author of several books on popular science. He tried to reconcile religion and science with his “non-overlapping magisterial principle (NOMA).”
The science magisterium “covers the empirical realm: What the universe is made of (fact) and why does it work this way (theory).”
The religion magisterium “extends over questions of ultimate meaning and moral value.”
Gould’s view strikes me as trying to have your cake and eat it too. He was a man of science who made many important contributions to evolutionary science, but he evidently had a deep emotional attachment to his religion. NOMA cannot withstand close logical scrutiny.
NOMA was criticized by Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist, in his book The God Delusion (pp 54-61). Dawkins makes the following arguments:
Religion usually includes miracles which by definition violate the laws of science.
NOMA is a two-way street. If science must not address claims made by religion, then religion must not try to use science to prove its claims.
Religion cannot be relied upon for morals and ethics. Many of the edicts for behavior in the Bible are morally odious. (For instance, killing your children if they are disobedient: Deuteronomy 21:18-21 and elsewhere)
Psuedoscience vs. Science

There are three distinct views about creation among religious groups.They may pretend to be science, but they are not. | Source
What is Creationism?
Creationism emerged in response to Charles Darwin’s publication of On the Origin of Speciesand the consequent emergence of the science of evolution.
Creationism is the religious belief that the universe and life were created by God. Charles Darwin was the first to use the term. In an 1856 letter, he described those who objected to the concept of evolution because it did not comport with the Biblical stories of creation as “creationists.”
There are variations in creationist beliefs. However, they fall into two main groups.
Young Earth Creationism (YEC): This group takes an extremely literal interpretation of the biblical creation myth in Genesis. They believe that the Earth (and even the entire universe) is less than 10,000 years old. (Scientists believe the earth to be about 4.5 billion years old.) In order to explain geological evidence to the contrary, some claim that God, for some unknown reason, made the Earth to appear much older than it actually is. All life was created during the six days of creation exactly as it is today. Even fossils were created and buried during this act of creation (again for no known reason).
Old Earth Creationism (OEC): This group believes that the universe and everything in it was created by God, but the description in Genesis is figurative rather than literal. It was done in six eons instead of six actual days. They accept the findings of geologists and astronomers as to the age of the Earth and the universe, but they deny that biological evolution took place. Life was created by God, exactly as it is today “in the beginning.”