creationism
religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation
intelligent design
argument for the existence of God
Young Earth creationism
form of creationism which holds as a central tenet that (as stated in religious texts) the Earth and its lifeforms were created in their present forms by supernatural acts of a deity between approximately 6,000 and 10,000 years ago
progressive creationism
the religious belief that God created new forms of life gradually over a period of hundreds of millions of years
Old Earth creationism
the idea that creation is consistent with scientific evidence