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Creation Science makes the ''a priori'' metaphysical assumption that the Creator exists. Christian Creation Science holds that the description of Creation is given in the Bible and that empirical scientific evidence corresponds with that description. Creationists in general see a doctrinaire commitment to exclude the Supreme Being and miracles as a motivating factor in [[Darwinism]], a term used in a derogatory fashion to refer to [[evolutionary biology]]. Critics consider Creation Science to be religious, rather than scientific, because it stems from [[faith]] in the Bible, rather than by the application of the scientific method.<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mclean-v-arkansas.html talkorigins.org] &ndash; mclean-v-arkansas</ref> The [[United States National Academy of Sciences]] (NAS), has noted, "Religious opposition to evolution propels antievolutionism. Although antievolutionists pay lip service to supposed scientific problems with evolution, what motivates them to battle its teaching is apprehension over the implications of evolution for religion."<ref>[http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/4550_antievolutionism_and_creationi_2_13_2001.asp National Center for Science Education]</ref>

Creation science advocates argue that mainstream [[scientific theories]] of the origins of the universe, the earth, and life are rooted in ''a priori'' presumptions of [[Methodology|methodological]] [[naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]] and [[Uniformitarianism (science)|uniformitarianism]], each of which is disputed. In some areas of science, for example [[chemistry]], [[meteorology]] or [[medicine]], the default assumptions of a naturalistic universe and uniformitarianism are not considered problematic to creation science proponents. As a matter of principle, creation science advocates single out only those scientific theories that they have determined are most in conflict with their beliefs, and it is against those theories that they concentrate their efforts.This does need to be looked at from an unbiased point of view, which this article unfortunately fails to do.

===Religious criticisms of creation science===