Editing Gap creationism (section)

{{Short description|Type of creationism}}
{{About|an interpretation of the biblical creation account|the philosophical argument for God's existence|God of the gaps}}
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'''Gap creationism''' (also known as '''ruin-restoration creationism''', '''restoration creationism''', or "'''the Gap Theory'''") is a form of [[creationism]] that posits that the six-''[[yom]]'' creation period, as described in the [[Book of Genesis]], involved six literal 24-hour days (light being "day" and dark "night" as God specified), but that there was a gap of time between two distinct creations in the first and the second verses of Genesis, which the theory states explains many scientific observations, including the [[age of the Earth]].<ref>''Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction'', [[Eugenie Scott]], pp61-62</ref><ref>''The Scientific Case Against Scientific Creationism'', Jon P. Alston, p24</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wic.html|title=What is Creationism?}}</ref> It differs from [[day-age creationism]], which posits that the 'days' of creation were much longer periods (of thousands or millions of years), and from [[young Earth creationism]], which although it agrees concerning the six literal 24-hour days of creation, does not posit any gap of time.