Scott, Eugenie C. (7 December 2000). "The Creation/Evolution Continuum". Reports of the National Center for Science Education, July–August 1999. 19 (4): 16–17, 23–25. ISSN 2158-818X. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. (original online version, with link to the Creation/Evolution Continuum graphic A theory of theistic evolution (TE)–also called evolutionary creation–proposes that God's method of creation was to cleverly design a universe in which everything would naturally evolve. Usually the "evolution" in "theistic evolution" means Total Evolution–astronomical evolution (to form galaxies, solar systems,...) and geological evolution (to form the earth's geology) plus chemical evolution (to form the first life) and biological evolution (for the development of life)–but it can refer only to biological evolution. [60]

Many Christians and Jews had been considering the idea of the creation history as an allegory (instead of historical) long before the development of Darwin's theory of evolution. For example, Philo, whose works were taken up by early Church writers, wrote that it would be a mistake to think that creation happened in six days, or in any set amount of time. [96] [97] Augustine of the late fourth century who was also a former neoplatonist argued that everything in the universe was created by God at the same moment in time (and not in six days as a literal reading of the Book of Genesis would seem to require); [98] It appears that both Philo and Augustine felt uncomfortable with the idea of a seven-day creation because it detracted from the notion of God's omnipotence. In 1950, Pope Pius XII stated limited support for the idea in his encyclical Humani generis. [99] In 1996, Pope John Paul II stated that "new knowledge has led to the recognition of the theory of evolution as more than a hypothesis," but, referring to previous papal writings, he concluded that "if the human body takes its origin from pre-existent living matter, the spiritual soul is immediately created by God." [100] Young, Matt; Edis, Taner (2006). Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813538723. The term creationism most often refers to belief in special creation; the claim that the universe and lifeforms were created as they exist today by divine action, and that the only true explanations are those which are compatible with a Christian fundamentalist literal interpretation of the creation myth found in the Bible's Genesis creation narrative. [7] Since the 1970s, the most common form of this has been Young Earth creationism which posits special creation of the universe and lifeforms within the last 10,000 years on the basis of flood geology, and promotes pseudoscientific creation science. From the 18th century onward, Old Earth creationism accepted geological time harmonized with Genesis through gap or day-age theory, while supporting anti-evolution. Modern old-Earth creationists support progressive creationism and continue to reject evolutionary explanations. [8] Following political controversy, creation science was reformulated as intelligent design and neo-creationism. [9] [10] Harvey, Peter (2013). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pg. 36-8 Believe In Evolution: Canadians More Likely Than Americans To Endorse Evolution". HuffPost Canada. AOL. September 6, 2012 . Retrieved 2012-04-28.

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Shepherd, Jessica (25 October 2009). "Teach both evolution and creationism say 54% of Britons". TheGuardian.com . Retrieved 6 April 2020. a b Full text of U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III's ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, dated December 20, 2005. According to a 2011 Fox News poll, 45% of Americans believe in creationism, down from 50% in a similar poll in 1999. [170] 21% believe in 'the theory of evolution as outlined by Darwin and other scientists' (up from 15% in 1999), and 27% answered that both are true (up from 26% in 1999). [170]

A 2000 poll for People for the American Way found 70% of the US public felt that evolution was compatible with a belief in God. [169] Tigay, Jeffrey H. (Winter 1987–1988). "Genesis, Science, and 'Scientific Creationism' ". Conservative Judaism. 40 (2): 20–27. ISSN 0010-6542 . Retrieved 2014-03-21. DeYoung, Donald B. (November 5, 1997). "Astronomy and the Bible: Selected questions and answers excerpted from the book". Answers in Genesis. Hebron, KY: Answers in Genesis Ministries International . Retrieved 2013-12-01. Chang, Kenneth (2 November 2009). "Creationism, Minus a Young Earth, Emerges in the Islamic World". The New York Times . Retrieved 2 October 2018.Delgado, Cynthia (July 28, 2006). "Finding the Evolution in Medicine". NIH Record. ISSN 1057-5871. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008 . Retrieved 2014-03-31. "...While 99.9 percent of scientists accept evolution, 40 to 50 percent of college students do not accept evolution and believe it to be 'just' a theory."– Brian Alters