We explain what creationist theories are, how they explain the origin of the universe, what types exist and what their principles are.
In creationist theories, the human being usually occupies a privileged place.What are creationist theories?
It is known as creationist theory or fixist theory to each of those explanations of a mystical, religious or supernatural type that attribute the creation of the universe, of the Earth and / or the life to a higher entity, that is, a god, a set of gods or some other way of being almighty. To the set of this type of beliefs they are called in certain areas creationism.
Generally, those who adhere to this type of theory reject any other explanation regarding the origin of life and the universe, even those that currently have the most scientific support, or for which there is physical evidence that is difficult to disprove.
Creationist theories hold that some deity created everything (hence the name of these doctrines), he planned everything and keeps everything going. Therefore it is his will the only one truth of the universe. There is no single classification of creationist theories, since they can be very varied among themselves.
Many are guided by a text sacred or religious, in which they find, usually expressed in a hermetic or figurative way, correspondences with the events that occur daily. For that reason, creationists may also believe in prophets and prophecies, and may be more or less receptive to the pseudosciences and conspiracy theories.
Even so, it is convenient to make a distinction between:
- Classic creationism. It proposes a literal interpretation of the sacred scriptures of some religion, especially the Bible in the West. At the same time, he denies other theories of scientific origin such as the biological evolution, especially the human, the big Bang, and may even deny the veracity of the fossils, the genetics or geological evidence.
- Contemporary creationism. These are the theories that adopt less rigid positions, and instead of opposing scientific explanations, they try to show that these are part of the divine or mystical plan of creation of the universe. In that sense, they try to argue through reasonings logical, rational or supposedly scientific, because they can be forms of pseudoscience.
Principles of creationism
We can recognize a creationist theory because it raises and defends principles such as the following:
- God is the creator of everything. As it sounds, a god or a group of gods created everything that exists, and in the middle of this work the human being occupies a privileged place, as worshiper of creators, or witness of creation, etc. Depending on the type of creationism, you may accept scientific findings as part of the divine work, or choose to ignore them.
- The Earth it's very young. There are creationist theories that defend the youth of the planet, contrary to what geological findings suggest. Usually this involves other ways of keeping track of the weather, attending to mythological calendars or mythical stories, such as the universal flood.
- There is no evolution. Some forms of creationism deny any form of evolutionary biological change, arguing that God created things as they are, that is, as they need to be. Therefore, for many creationists it is not true that species existed today. extinct, or if they admit it, they attribute it to the divine will, and not to natural forces of any kind.
- The holy scriptures tell the truth. In general, all creationist theories trust their vision of the origin of the world to what is related in some sacred book: the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, etc. Each one, however, more or less literally interprets what is written on them, being able to take it as a metaphor of the historical truth, or as the truth itself: the words that God dictated to human beings.