In addition to Jefferson's opinion, we wholeheartedly support the decisions of the US Supreme Court and numerous federal district courts that have repeatedly ruled that all attempts to teach creationism, whether those attempts include young earth creationism, "creation science," or intelligent design, are unconstitutional.
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In 1961, as a backlash against renewed national emphasis on teaching evolution, the young-earth "creation science" movement (also called "scientific creationism") began with publication of The Genesis Flood (Whitcomb and Morris 1961; Scott 2009).
It also links to the Baraminology Study Group, devoted to promoting a young-earth creation model of biological origins (weblink http://www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/component/option,com_weblinks/catid,14/Itemid,14/Itemid
Even Carl Baugh's Creation Evidence Museum near tiny Glen Rose, Texas, has moved its young-Earth "Creation in Symphony" message (complete with fossilized human footprints alongside dinosaur footprints in Cretaceous sediments) from its creaking doublewide trailer to a fancy new, two-story building.
"Viewers are being asked to either favor a Protestant fundamentalist young-earth creation story, or a scientific, atheistic view of the universe," writes Catholic Online.
An example of the narrower usage of the term comes from those who argue that the word "creationism" refers only to young-earth creationism or "creation science".
Old earth creationism (OEC) interprets the six-day creation story symbolically to represent longer time periods to accommodate the geological age of the earth.
Other widely diffused motifs are: the cosmogonic egg, found in the Pacific world, parts of Europe and southern Asia (e.g., in Hinduism); the world parents (usually in the image of sky and earth); and creation through sacrifice or through a primordial battle.
