This article was originally written as a response to the material Nikola 400 day clock Ivanov in th

This article was originally written as a response to the material Nikola 400 day clock Ivanov in the electronic edition of point-of-view. Same agreed to publish it (though with some minor amendments which I have not given their consent and with criticism of my position expressed in private correspondence), for which I thank him. Imagine it with some minor additions (possibly in the future will become increasingly more)
It is no exaggeration to say that over the past few decades, the message of scientific creationism suffuses the world. In 1970 he founded the Institute for Research kreatsionistichni headed by Henry Morris. His publications are translated into Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, 400 day clock Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. In England in 1960 is based on "Anti 400 day clock evolutionary movement," and in 1977 the Scottish priest Nigel Cameron encouraged by leaders like Martin Lloyd-Jones and Francis Schaeffer started the Biblical Creation 400 day clock Society, which for '10 already has over 750 members and first edition of "biblical creation" with a considerable circulation. In 1977 a Christian community based research in Australia, 400 day clock renamed in 1980 in kreatsionistichni Research Foundation. In 1973 began his literary activity creationist Society 400 day clock of New Zealand, and 7 years later the Korean Association for Research kreatsionistichni that after 10, there were more than 1000 members, over 300 of them with doctoral degrees. In 1980, such a society is based in North Africa, and until 1990 in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, 400 day clock India, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Kenya, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the Soviet Union and many European countries. In 1987, the Institute for Research kreatsionistichni reported that for several years, "the Turkish Ministry of Education and private foundations translating Islamic books SRI (without references to the Bible) in Turkish," and that each teacher in public schools in Turkey receive a copy of "Scientific creationism "as an essential tool [1]. In 2006-07 was issued Islamic 400 day clock "Atlas of Creation" - a massive work of 770 pages, which explains the relationship between creationism and the Koran. Its author is a 51 year old Turkish preacher Adnan Oktar, who writes under the pen name Harun Yahya. [2] "Atalsat" has already been translated and widely distributed in both English and French as well as Arabic, Urdu and bashasa [3]. In the US kreatsinositite lead long struggle 400 day clock to teach their views in schools, along with the theory of evolution, the head of which is the proposal to teach "intelligent design" development of Discovery institute, which insists that it is scientific, not a religious organization . [4] In July 2007 in Pittsburgh, USA opened "Museum of Creation," the brainchild of creationist Ken Ham collected for Construction 27 million dollars. Gallup national survey conducted in 1991 shows that 47% of Americans believe in the recent special creation, and even 40% in theistic evolution. According to a more recent study, 16% of US science 400 day clock teachers believe that the earth is around the age of 10,000 years, 25% with reference to evolution and creationism or inletigentniya design, and half believe that they are "valid scientific alternative 400 day clock Darwin's theory of the origin of species. "From the analysis 400 day clock of the survey it is clear that the trend over the next few decades the number of influenced by the movement to grow by about 50%. Statistics is really impressive.
While it is possible to say that the ideas of scientific creationism reach a wider audience in the evangelical wing of the Christian movement, they are largely accepted as dogma. [5] Protestant publishing houses in Bulgaria conclusively prove this. It is enough to take a look at the pretty remarkable list of books on the subject published in recent years: 400 day clock "Scientific Creationism", "Science 400 day clock and Billy", 400 day clock "painting Is God through evolution", "Evolution - without hen egg", "Creation "" The Decline of Darwin, 400 day clock "" Lie evolution ", etc [6].
That is why I welcome with satisfaction the article Nikolai Ivanov, which is one of the first attempts in which I come across to objectively evaluate the nature of scientific creationism along with positive aspects indicate some problems associated with it. Would like to cite two examples:
"I would like to address the issue whether creationism is a scientific theory and how he trusts the authority of the Bible. The fact is that most creationists expressed full confidence in the apparent authenticity of the biblical doctrine of the emergence of life. Religious beliefs to some extent can suppress scientific researches and Tob