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Young Earth creationism
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Young Earth creationism
Young Earth creationism
(
YEC
) is the
religious belief
that the
Universe
,
Earth
and all
life on Earth
were created by direct acts of
God
during a relatively short period, between 5,700 and 10,000 years ago. Its primary adherents are those
Christians
and
Jews
who, using a
literal interpretation
of the
Genesis creation narrative
as a basis, believe that God created the Earth in six 24-hour days. Young Earth creationists differ from other
creationists
in that they believe in a
strict literal interpretation of the Bible
regarding the
age of the Earth
. In contrast,
old Earth creationists
interpret the six creation days (
yom
) of the
Book of Genesis
metaphorically
and accept the scientifically-determined estimated ages of the Earth and of the universe.
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