| A | B |
| philosophy of evolution | all things are progressing toward a future perfection |
| creationist | those who believe Genesis is a literal account |
| scientism | worship of science |
| situational ethics | do what seems best in a certain situation |
| theistic evolution | believes creationism and evolution are combined |
| gap theory | a long time existed between Gen 1:1 and 1:2 |
| antedulivian | before the flood |
| canopy theory | a uniformly warm climate before the flood |
| fossil | direct or indirect evidence of a once living organism |
| deluge | Noah's Flood |
| sedimentation | settling out of materials |
| James Ussher | tabulated dates of Biblical events using genealogies in the Bible. |