Many perspectives

See also:

• Christadelphians Cited
• Christadelphian Participants, Commentators, Authorities and
• Fact Check
• Qms:News and Developments — contrasting university students in USA and Australia. (In summary, more theistic evolution in USA, more atheism in Australia.)
• Evolution: overview of Judeo-Christian approaches

Many sides of the Discussion

The scope of our task includes:

• Overview of the many sides of the discussion
• a summary of relevant interpretations of Scripture (See also The Case for Considering the Science.)

This page provides an overview of many different beliefs about matters of "Origins", organised as an index. Christadelphians belong in the "Theist" columns on the right hand side.

	ATHEISM	AGNOSTICISM	DEISM	THEISM
				Evolutionary Creationism	Old Earth Creationism		Young Earth Creationism
					without "gap"	with "gap"
GOD, THE CREATOR	does not exist	may exist, may not	exists but is not involved	exists
COSMIC HISTORY	Big Bang(s), multiple universes	Big Bang(s), multiple universes, creation?	creation, Big Bang possible, multiple universes possible				Everything created 6,000 years ago
AGE OF THE EARTH	4,000,000,000 years				up to 4,000,000,000 years		6,000 years, or a little more
WITNESS OF SCRIPTURE	no	somewhat		trustworthy & authoritative, but requiring interpretation
WITNESS OF CREATION	no	possible		trustworthy & authoritative, but requiring study	suspicious	unreliable	deceptive to the unfaithful
NATURE & ROLE OF SCIENCE	the only show in town	essential		glorifies the Creator	good in its way, a blessing not to be abused		dangerous human pride
ORIGIN OF LIFE	abiogenesis, panspermia or unknown	abiogenesis, panspermia unknown, may be created		creation
ORIGIN OF SPECIES	evolution	evolution, macro-evolution, micro-evolution and creation of species all possible			creation of each species; sometimes creation of kinds or “baramins” with micro‐evolution within them
ORIGIN OF DEATH & PREDATION IN NATURE	an intrinsic part of all life on Earth						sometimes: imposed on nature following human sin
ORIGIN OF HUMAN MORTALITY	an intrinsic part of all life from the earth				sometimes intrinsic; sometimes imposed as physical punishment for Adam and Eve's sin
WORLD-WIDE FLOOD 5,000 years ago	no				unlikely	possible	probable
DINOSAURS	yes						faked age
HUMANS BEFORE ADAM 6,000 years ago	yes				possibly		no
DESCENT FROM A SINGLE COUPLE 6,000 years ago	no			possibly but not exclusively	probably		yes
CREATED DECEPTIONS, TO TEST FAITH	nonsense	no			possible	probable	yes
"APPEARANCE OF AGE" (created to seem old, but isn't)	no						usually
FLOOD GEOLOGY	no				unlikely	possible	usually
RAPID EVOLUTION AFTER UNIVERSAL FLOOD	no				possible	usually	Often no. Sometimes yes, with much micro-evolution.
UNIFORMITARIANISM	yes				partly		no
INTELLIGENT DESIGN	no	unlikely		possible			usually
SCIENCE CONSPIRACY	no				possible	probable	yes
ACCOMMODATION of varying views within fellowship				yes with some concerns	undecided		varies