'''Creation''' refers to either that which has been created, e.g. Mark 16:15, “Preach the Gospel to the whole creation,” or to the moment or process by which [[God]] created, e.g. [[Genesis]] is the creation account. This article deals with the second meaning.
Different groups have different views on creation. [[Young Earth creationistsCreation science]] take investigates how God brought the Genesis creation account literally [[earth]] and believe that over six 24-hour days, God separately created each different aspect of creation mentioned ([[universe]] into being. [[Young EarthCreationism|Young Earth Creationism]], proves that the earth is [[sunCounterexamples to an Old Earth|approximately 6,000 years old]] and . [[moonOld Earth Creationism]], plants, etc.). They also consider the list of like [[patriarchatheism|atheistic]]s in the [[Biblejunk science]] to be generally accurate, without missing lists or gaps, and so they consider claims that the earth to be 6000 and universe are billions of years old, thus “Young Earth.” [[Old Earth creationistsCreation science|Creation scientists]] may believe in the separate creation of each creature (their views are more varied), but also take prove that the [[creation weekevolution|theory of evolution]] as non-literal and embrace the idea of a billions-of-years-old is in [[earthCounterexamples to Evolution|conflict with the evidence]] provided by the physical sciences and often cite secular scientific sources which agree with them on various points (Old Earth).They include "progressive creationists", who reject for further details please see: [[evolution and instead believe that God progressively created over the millions |theory of years believed by evolutionistsevolution]]).<ref>http://www.creation. com/content/view/21</ref> [[Theistic evolution]]ists accept an old Earth and believe that evolution occurred, but that it was God’s means of creation. [[Atheism|Atheistic]] [[evolution|evolutionists]] attribute evolution to chance, natural selection, and survival of the fittest, believe in an old Earth, and avidly reject a young Earth model.
==Famous Creationists==
