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==Proponents==
==Proponents==


Notable proponents of young earth creationism in the scientific community include [[Raymond V. Damadian]], the inventor of [[magnetic resonance imaging]], and [[John R. Baumgardner]], a prominent geophysicist, among others.
Notable proponents of young earth creationism in the scientific community include [[Raymond V. Damadian]], the inventor of [[magnetic resonance imaging]], and [[John R. Baumgardner]], a prominent geophysicist, among others.<ref> [http://www.creationists.org/outstanding.html List of Creation Scientists] </ref>


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==Acceptance==


Generally, though some individual scientists believe in young earth creationism, the scientific community as a whole has not recognized the validity of this theory. Creationists who believe in the [[old earth creationism]] also rejects the assertion that the earth is only approximately 6000 years old. There is the allegation that some scientific institutions have deliberately censored evidences supporting young earth creationism. For example, the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] deleted ten papers by Dr. [[Robert V. Gentry]], a creationist and a nuclear physicist.<ref> [http://www.orionfdn.org/papers/index.htm Ten Scientific Papers Censored] </ref>
==References==
===Citations===
===General references===
*[http://nwcreation.net/ageyoung.html Northwest Creation Network]
*[http://nwcreation.net/ageyoung.html Northwest Creation Network]
*[http://www.creationists.org/outstanding.html List of Creation Scientists]
 


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Young earth creationism is a theory regarding the origin of earth and organisms. Young earth creationism accepts the general principle of Biblical creationism, that God created the earth and organisms, according to the book of Genesis in the Bible. Its distinctive belief, however, is that the Young earth creationism interprets the Biblical chronology as implying that the earth is only approximately 6000 years old. The belief of young earth creationism is often held by some Christian fundamentalists.

Proponents

Notable proponents of young earth creationism in the scientific community include Raymond V. Damadian, the inventor of magnetic resonance imaging, and John R. Baumgardner, a prominent geophysicist, among others.[1]

Acceptance

Generally, though some individual scientists believe in young earth creationism, the scientific community as a whole has not recognized the validity of this theory. Creationists who believe in the old earth creationism also rejects the assertion that the earth is only approximately 6000 years old. There is the allegation that some scientific institutions have deliberately censored evidences supporting young earth creationism. For example, the Los Alamos National Laboratory deleted ten papers by Dr. Robert V. Gentry, a creationist and a nuclear physicist.[2]

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Citations

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