Is scientific creationism the only alternative to purely materialist, atheistic evolutionism?
Of course not. There is a highly varied continuum of positions between creationism and “atheistic evolution” – for example, many people believe that God used the evolutionary process as his mechanism of creation. Moreover, evolution is not inherently atheistic, and numerous scientists reject divine intervention in evolution yet still maintain religious beliefs. Any position along the continuum between creationism and pure “atheistic evolution” will have its supporters and detractors, but that says nothing about the position itself, which is a highly individualized philosophical choice (though logical consistency is often debated). Please see Religion and Evolution, Talk.Origins – What is Creationism?, Talk.Origins – God and Evolution. Natural selection can account for minor changes within species, but not for creation of new species. Natural selection can, in fact, account for both phenomena – indeed, they are not really separate phenomena, but merely varying degrees of evolutionary ch
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