Creation Science Movement
The Creation Science Movement (CSM, founded in 1932 as the Evolution Protest Movement) is a British Creationist organisation which lays claim to the title "the oldest creationist movement in the world". It was a member of the Evangelical Alliance until its resignation in 2008. It is a registered charity.[1]
History
The Evolution Protest Movement (EPM) had its roots in the Victoria Institute (or Philosophical Society of Great Britain) whose stated objective was to defend "the great truths revealed in Holy Scripture ... against the opposition of Science falsely so called." Although the Victoria Institute was not officially opposed to evolution, it attracted a number of scientists sceptical of Darwinism. It had its heyday in the late 19th century, but by the 1910s had shrunk considerably, and considerable apathy had set in. Prominent Canadian creationist (and long-standing institute member) George McCready Price, attended meetings regularly while living in London between 1924 and 1928, but his views failed to persuade the membership.[2] Before returning to North America, Price noted that British creationists were "scattered and divided into a number of small, weak, and insignificant groups or societies", and called for them to unify.[3]
In 1932 decorated submariner turned free-lance journalist
The EPM existed as only a paper organisation until it was publicly launched in February 1935, at a meeting attended by over six hundred. In its early years, Dewar was the main driving force within the EPM, publishing a booklet entitled Man: A Special Creation and engaging in public speaking and debates with supporters of evolution. In the late 1930s he resisted the American creationists call for acceptance of
In the mid 1950s the EPM came under control of schoolmaster/pastor Albert G. Tilney, whose dogmatic and authoritarian style ran the organisation "as a one-man band", unwaveringly promoting Gap creationism and reducing the membership to lethargic inactivity. Entomologist William R. Thompson described it as "largely ignored or ridiculed by both the scientific and ecclesiastical establishments", and several prominent Creationists declined to serve as officers.[6]
In the 1970s, the recent publication of an English edition of
The current chairman of the CSM is David Rosevear, who has a Ph.D. in
Genesis Expo
The CSM's Genesis Exhibition is sited in the old National Provincial Bank on Portsmouth Harbour. It "consists of 12 dioramas and a clutch of real fossilised dinosaur eggs."[11] The dioramas include a mockup of a gravestone with "Here lies the Theory of Evolution" carved on it.[12]
Notes
- ^ Who we are Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, Creation Science Movement
- ^ Numbers(2006) p162-163
- ^ Numbers(2006) p166
- ^ Numbers(2006) p169-172
- ^ Numbers(2006) p172-175; footnote 26 p488
- ^ Numbers(2006) p355-356
- ^ Numbers(2006) p356-360
- ^ David Rosevear, British Centre for Science Education
- ^ David Rosevear, Christian Answers
- ^ Stephen Tomkins (1 April 2005). "Would you Adam and Eve it?". BBC News.
- ^ Genesis Expo Archived 2019-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Creation Science Movement
- ^ Julian Joyce (15 September 2008). "Who are the British creationists?". BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
References
- Forster, Roger; Marston, Dr Paul (2001). "7 - Genesis Through History". Reason Science and Faith. Chester, England. ISBN 1-85424-441-8.)
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External links
- Creation Science Movement
- Genesis Expo Creationist Museum Archived 2016-07-31 at the Wayback Machine