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Linnaean taxonomy was originally developed as a [[physicotheology | physicotheological]] system in which nature was viewed as another testament of [[God]] to be read much like the [[Bible]]. By seeking to document the patterns of concinnity in Creation, Linnaeus and his peers hoped to elucidate the mind of God<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/natursyn.html "Linnaeus' view of nature"], Linn&eacute; On Line</ref>. It was not originally meant to describe a system of biological descent, which Linnaeus, a devout Christian and creationist<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/bibeltro.html "Faith in the Bible and Creation"], Linn&eacute; On Line</ref>, would have considered shocking<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html "Carl Linnaeus"], biography</ref>. Linnaeus also applied his taxonomy to [[mineralogy]]<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/mineralog.html "Linnaeus as a minerologist"], Linn&eacute; On Line</ref>, but that usage has been superseded by [[chemistry | chemical]] classifications.

Linnaean taxonomy was originally developed as a [[physicotheology|physicotheological]] system in which nature was viewed as another testament of [[God]] to be read much like the [[Bible]]. By seeking to document the patterns of concinnity in Creation, Linnaeus and his peers hoped to elucidate the mind of God.<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/natursyn.html "Linnaeus' view of nature"], Linn&eacute; On Line</ref> It was not originally meant to describe a system of biological descent, which Linnaeus, a devout Christian and creationist,<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/bibeltro.html "Faith in the Bible and Creation"], Linn&eacute; On Line</ref> would have considered shocking.<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html "Carl Linnaeus"], biography</ref> Linnaeus also applied his taxonomy to [[mineralogy]],<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/mineralog.html "Linnaeus as a minerologist"], Linn&eacute; On Line</ref> but that usage has been superseded by [[chemistry|chemical]] classifications.

[[Evolution | Evolutionists]] hijacked the Linnaean system from the Christian founders of [[biology]] and tried to adapt it to the Darwinian world view of different species all sharing a common ancestor, a view which is contraindicated by the [[Bible]]. However, since the Linnaean system describes a fixed [[Creation]] with no way for members of one order or family to move to another order or family, attempts by [[Evolutionist]]s to introduce [[phylogeny]] (the alleged common ancestry of completely different animal species) were bound to be riddled with contradiction.

[[Evolution]]ists hijacked the Linnaean system from the Christian founders of [[biology]] and tried to adapt it to the Darwinian world view of different species all sharing a common ancestor, a view which is contraindicated by the [[Bible]]. However, since the Linnaean system describes a fixed [[Creation]] with no way for members of one order or family to move to another order or family, attempts by [[Evolutionist]]s to introduce [[phylogeny]] (the alleged common ancestry of completely different animal species) were bound to be riddled with contradiction.

While the Linnaean system is still in almost universal use for the naming and categorizing of creatures -- especially in the form of the [[binomial nomenclature]], where species are given a scientific, Latinate name comprised of a generic and specific descriptor (e.g. the common [[wombat]] is known as ''Vombatus ursinus'') -- it has largely been replaced as a framework for describing origins by creation science's  [[baraminology]] and, in the [[evolutionist]] theory, by the theory of cladistic [[phylogeny]].

While the Linnaean system is still in almost universal use for the naming and categorizing of creatures—especially in the form of the [[binomial nomenclature]], where species are given a scientific, Latinate name comprised of a generic and specific descriptor (e.g. the common [[wombat]] is known as ''Vombatus ursinus'') -- it has largely been replaced as a framework for describing origins by creation science's  [[baraminology]] and, in the [[evolutionist]] theory, by the theory of cladistic [[phylogeny]].

==Later developments since Linnaeus==

==Later developments since Linnaeus==