Creation Science Movement facts for kids
The Creation Science Movement (CSM) is a group in the United Kingdom. It started in 1932 as the Evolution Protest Movement. This group believes that the world was created by God, as described in the Bible. They say they are the oldest creationist group in the world.
History of the Movement
The Evolution Protest Movement (EPM) began with ideas from another group called the Victoria Institute. This older group wanted to protect religious truths against certain scientific ideas. Even though the Victoria Institute didn't officially oppose evolution, some scientists who doubted Darwinism joined it.
By the 1930s, a Canadian creationist named George McCready Price saw that British creationists were not working together. He encouraged them to unite.
In 1932, a journalist named Bernard Acworth suggested forming a group against evolution. He wanted this group to focus on scientific ideas. Douglas Dewar, a lawyer, supported this idea. The Evolution Protest Movement was then formed by them and five other people. John Ambrose Fleming, an electrical engineer, became its first president.
The EPM officially started in February 1935 with a big meeting. In its early years, Douglas Dewar was very active. He wrote a booklet and debated people who supported evolution. He did not agree with the American idea of "flood geology" at that time. Dewar worked with the EPM for 25 years, and the group grew to about 200 members. It even had small branches in Australia and New Zealand.
In the mid-1950s, a schoolmaster named Albert G. Tilney took over the EPM. He led the group very strictly. He promoted a specific idea called "Gap creationism", which caused the group's activities to slow down. Many scientists and church leaders did not take the EPM seriously during this time.
In the 1970s, a book called The Genesis Flood became popular. This book supported "flood geology," which the EPM had rejected. Because of this, and Tilney's unique ideas, other creationist groups started. Over time, the EPM began to accept flood geology. More people who believed in "Young Earth creationism" (the idea that the Earth is only a few thousand years old) joined the group.
In 1980, the EPM changed its name to the Creation Science Movement (CSM). By the mid-1980s, the CSM strongly supported Young Earth creationism and flood geology. They said that other creation ideas, like Gap and Day-Age Creationism, were not correct. By the early 1990s, the CSM closed its foreign branches but grew its membership in the UK.
The current chairman of the CSM is David Rosevear. He has a science degree from the University of Bristol. He was also a senior teacher of chemistry at Portsmouth University. David Rosevear is a Young Earth creationist. He has said that people are "brainwashed" by the media into believing in evolution.
Genesis Expo
The CSM has a special exhibition called the Genesis Expo. It is located in an old bank building in Portsmouth Harbour. The expo has 12 displays and some real fossil dinosaur eggs. One display shows a pretend gravestone with "Here lies the Theory of Evolution" written on it.
See also
In Spanish: Movimiento de la Ciencia de la Creación para niños
