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'''Baraminology''' is the study of '''baramins''', also known by the Biblical term '''[[Kind|kinds]]'''.

'''Baraminology''' is the study of '''baramins''', also known by the Biblical term '''[[Kind|kinds]]'''.

A baramin is a lineage of earthly [[life]] which is believed by creationists to be created by [[God]] during the [[Creation Week]], and corresponds in some functional aspects to the secular concept of [[species]]. However, unlike species concepts that are based on Darwinian thinking, the baraminic barrier is inviolable, as other baramins do not [[Theory of evolution|evolve]] from earlier baramins.

A baramin is a lineage of earthly [[life]] which is believed by Christian (but not all) creationists (see <ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wic.html#nonchris NonChristian Creationism, Mark Isaak, Web, 2002]</ref> for example) to be created by [[God]] during the [[Creation Week]], and corresponds in some functional aspects to the secular concept of [[species]]. However, unlike species concepts that are based on Darwinian thinking, the baraminic barrier is inviolable, as other baramins do not [[Theory of evolution|evolve]] from earlier baramins. Critics point out difficulties in defending inviolable baraminic barriers given incontrovertible evidence for mutations and natural selection at the molecular level.

[[Jonathan Sarfati]] writes regarding the Biblical kinds of organisms:

[[Jonathan Sarfati]] writes regarding the Biblical kinds of organisms:

== Criticism ==

== Criticism ==

Baraminology has been criticised for its lack of rigorous testing, its lax use of data and its failure to produce any peer reviewed scientific research.  It is regarded as pseudoscience by evolutionary scientists, but creation scientists view it as a young field still in development and believe that criticism can be resolved with further research<ref>[http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/43/43_3/baraminology.htm The Current Status of Baraminology, Todd Charles Wood, CRSQ Vol 43 No 3, December 2006]</ref>.

Baraminology has been criticised for its lack of rigorous testing, its lax use of data and its failure to produce any peer reviewed scientific research.  It is regarded as pseudoscience by evolutionary scientists, but creation scientists view it as a young field still in development and believe that criticism can be resolved with further research<ref>[http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/43/43_3/baraminology.htm The Current Status of Baraminology, Todd Charles Wood, CRSQ Vol 43 No 3, December 2006]</ref>.  Further, it is often claimed that the stultiloquence of baraminology is rapt in a cocoon of absonous sciomachy rendered as legitimate discourse to obfuscate the ceremonious corrigendum of a sciolistic corypheus.

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