Geocentric creationism

Geocentric creationism is a religious belief held by a small subgroup of radical Young Earth Creationists who, in addition to asserting that the Earth was created between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, also endorse the outdated geocentric model, which claims that Earth is stationary at the center of the universe.^[1]^[2] Advocates of Geocentric creationism believe that God placed the Earth at the center of the Universe to symbolize the uniqueness and centrality of humanity.^[3] This view is in direct contradiction to established scientific consensus on the movement of the Earth, biology and the age of the Earth and is thus classified as pseudoscientific.^[3]^[4]^[5] It is primarily followed by a some groups of Protestant and Catholic fundamentalists alongside a few Orthodox Jews, but is fringe within even the Creationist movement itself.^[6]^[7]

Geocentrism differs from modern flat Earth beliefs and, while still largely insignificant, has had a somewhat greater influence within the anti-evolutionist movement. However, like flat Earthers, geocentrists also reject much of modern physics, astronomy, and biology.^[8]^[3]

^ Gutjahr, Paul (2017-11-01). The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America. Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-19-068483-9. Such creationism is already here, in the form of a geocentric creationism that fully accepts the notion that the universe was created in six, twenty-four-hour days around 6000 years ago, but also insists that the sun revolves around a stationary Earth.
^ Chaberek, Michał (2024). "Was Thomas Aquinas a Young Earth Creationist?". Studia Gilsoniana. 13 (2): 341–367. ISSN 2300-0066. The Kolbe Center, goes even further by adding to the six days creation and a young earth the idea of geocentrism and geostatism
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^ SHEAFFER, ROBERT. "First They Came for Darwin, Then They Came for Copernicus and Galileo" (PDF). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
^ WIESNER, MATTHEW (2015). "Modern Geocentrism A Case Study of Pseudoscience in Astronomy" (PDF). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
^ "The Sun Revolves Around You? Narcissism on a Cosmic Scale | National Center for Science Education". ncse.ngo. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
^ Skeptic (2011-02-04). "Orthodox Jews & Science: An Empirical Study of their Attitudes Toward Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Modern Geology". Skeptic. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
^ "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

[1] Gutjahr, Paul (2017-11-01). The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America. Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-19-068483-9. Such creationism is already here, in the form of a geocentric creationism that fully accepts the notion that the universe was created in six, twenty-four-hour days around 6000 years ago, but also insists that the sun revolves around a stationary Earth.

[2] Chaberek, Michał (2024). "Was Thomas Aquinas a Young Earth Creationist?". Studia Gilsoniana. 13 (2): 341–367. ISSN 2300-0066. The Kolbe Center, goes even further by adding to the six days creation and a young earth the idea of geocentrism and geostatism

[:5-3] Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:2-4] SHEAFFER, ROBERT. "First They Came for Darwin, Then They Came for Copernicus and Galileo" (PDF). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

[5] WIESNER, MATTHEW (2015). "Modern Geocentrism A Case Study of Pseudoscience in Astronomy" (PDF). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

[6] "The Sun Revolves Around You? Narcissism on a Cosmic Scale | National Center for Science Education". ncse.ngo. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

[7] Skeptic (2011-02-04). "Orthodox Jews & Science: An Empirical Study of their Attitudes Toward Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Modern Geology". Skeptic. Retrieved 2025-05-01.

[:0-8] "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

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