Creationism

Definitions

1. The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.
   uncountable, usually
2. Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.
   uncountable, usually
3. The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such as the Quran or the Book of Genesis.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“the preservation of the race⟳ of man is made to grow⟳ out of that quickening impulse, which we call⟳ the life of humanity. This notion, which was called Traducianism by the schoolmen (the system opposed to it being termed Creatianism ^([sic]))”

“It must be reasonably clear to all who have⟳ taken pains to understand⟳ the matter⟳ that the true issue⟳ as regards design⟳ is not between Darwinism and direct⟳ Creationism, but between design⟳ and fortuity, between any intention or intellectual cause and no intention nor predicable first cause.”

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