Definition of old-earth creationism in English:
old-earth creationism
noun
A form of creationist belief that does not conflict with scientific evidence about the age of the earth.
See also creationism, young-earth creationism‘those who affirm old-earth creationism do not see an inherent conflict between scripture and evolutionary theory’- ‘Old-Earth creationism is dismissed by the evolutionists because they know full well that the Bible teaches young-Earth creationism.’
- ‘Old-earth creationism, contrary to some of the more extreme young-earth supporters, doesn't compromise with evolution and, in fact, is integral to intelligent design theory.’
- ‘In old-earth creationism there are no such contradictions.’
- ‘Mr Holzmann says he felt compelled to defend old-earth creationism’
- ‘Various "old-earth creationism" positions imply an occasionally interventionist God.’
- ‘The finds presented a problem for progressive creationism/Rossism (so-called 'old-earth creationism').’
- ‘Old-Earth creationism is at least 66% evolutionism, because it accepts cosmological evolution of the universe and geological evolution of the Earth by accepting the billions of years of history that the evolutionists imagine.’
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