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Belief that nature originated through supernatural acts

"Creationism" can also refer to creation myths, or to an unrelated concept about the origin of the soul.

For the movement in Spanish literature, see Creationism (literature movement).

Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation, and is often pseudoscientific.^[1][2] In its broadest sense, creationism includes various religious views,^[3][4] which differ in their acceptance or rejection of modern scientific concepts such as evolution that describe the origin and development of natural phenomena.^[5][6]

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