Need some help from Creationists

[Anonymous]

I'm starting a research paper for my Sociology class. The research is to understand, who becomes a Creationist, why, where your from etc. Your help is most appreciated.

Please give basic background:
Age, State of residence, Marital status, Education Level, Religious Affiliation, Occupation.

What type of Creationist are you? Examples:

Flat Earthers - believe that the earth is flat and is covered by a solid dome or firmament. Waters above the firmament were the source of Noah's flood. This belief is based on a literal reading of the Bible, such as references to the "four corners of the earth" and the "circle of the earth." Few people hold this extreme view, but some do.

Geocentrism - accept a spherical earth but deny that the sun is the center of the solar system or that the earth moves. As with flat-earth views, the water of Noah's flood came from above a solid firmament. The basis for their belief is a literal reading of the Bible. "It is not an interpretation at all, it is what the words say." (Willis 2000) Both flat-earthers and geocentrists reflect the cosmological views of ancient Hebrews. Geocentrism is not common today, but one geocentrist (Tom Willis) was intrumental in revising the Kansas elementary school curriculum to remove references to evolution, earth history, and science methodology.

Young Earth Creationists - claim a literal interpretation of the Bible as a basis for their beliefs. They believe that the earth is 6000 to 10,000 years old, that all life was created in six literal days, that death and decay came as a result of Adam & Eve's Fall, and that geology must be interpreted in terms of Noah's Flood. However, they accept a spherical earth and heliocentric solar system.

Old-Earth Creationists - accept the evidence for an ancient earth but still believe that life was specially created by God, and they still base their beliefs on the Bible. There are a few different ways of accomodating their religion with science.

Day-age creationists - interpret each day of creation as a long period of time, even thousands or millions of years. They see a parallel between the order of events presented in Genesis 1 and the order accepted by mainstream science. Day-Age Creationism was more popular than Gap Creationism in the 19th and and early 20th centuries.

Evolutionary Creationism - differs from Theistic Evolution only in its theology, not in its science. It says that God operates not in the gaps, but that nature has no existence independent of His will. It allows interpretations consistent with both a literal Genesis and objective science, allowing, for example, that the events of creation occurred, but not in time as we know it, and that Adam was not the first biological human but the first spiritually aware one.

Theistic Evolution - says that God creates through evolution. Theistic Evolutionists vary in beliefs about how much God intervenes in the process. It accepts most or all of modern science, but it invokes God for some things outside the realm of science, such as the creation of the human soul. This position is promoted by the Pope and taught at mainline Protestant seminaries.

Materialistic Evolution - differs from Theistic Evolution in saying that God does not actively interfere with evolution. It is not necessarily atheistic, though; many Materialistic Evolutionists believe that God created evolution, for example. Materialistic evolution may be divided into methodological and philosophical materialism. Methodological materialism limits itself to describing the natural world with natural causes; it says nothing at all about the supernatural, neither affirming nor denying its existence or its role in life.

Philosophical materialism - says that the supernatural does not exist. It says that not only is evolution a natural process, but so is everything else.

Vedic Creationism
Hinduism speaks of a very ancient earth. One book influenced by Hindu belief argues that anatomically modern humans have existed for billions of years.

Finally, What brought you to believe what you believe?

Your help is most appreciated.

[Mastermind]

Age: 19
State of residence: Ontario(Canada)
Marital status: Single(And looking :p)
Education Level: 1st year University(IT Management)
Religious Affiliation: Greek Orthodox
Occupation: Student, soon to be part-time paranormal investigator

What type of Creationist are you?

I don't really fall under any of those. I have yet to find a system that I feel comfortable with. I suppose I would fall somewhere betwee Day-Age creationist and Theistic Evolutionist.

Finally, What brought you to believe what you believe?
Many factors slowly built up over time, until one faithful moment when my soul yelled "I believe" and God made Himself known to me. I can go into more details on the factors, which range from coincidental to downright paranormal.

[Anonymous]

You realize Day Age creationists and Old Earth Creationists can be and are usually the same.

For example i'm an Old Earth Creationist who believes in the Day Age interpretation of Genesis.

[ryo dokomi]

got a question for you Russ, what does it matter what we are, i am a Young Earth Creationist. but again what does it matter. and i dont understand how any christian can not believe the literal interpretation.
but hey, thats me.