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[[Image:Dore_light.jpg|thumb|left|"The Creation of Light" by [[Gustave Doré]]]]

'''Creationism''' or '''[[creation (theology)|creation theology]]''' is the belief that [[human]]s, [[life]], the [[Earth]], and the [[universe]] were created by a [[supreme being]] or [[deity]]'s [[supernatural]] intervention without [[evolution]]. The intervention may be seen either as an ''act of creation'' from nothing (''[[ex nihilo]]'') or the emergence of order from pre-existing chaos.

Most who hold "creation" beliefs consider such belief to be a part of religious [[faith]], and compatible with, or otherwise unaffected by [[science|scientific]] views, while others maintain that scientific data supports creationism.