 Creationism in this more restricted sense entails a number of beliefs. These include, first, that a short time has elapsed since the beginning of everything. ‘Young Earth Creationists’ think that Archbishop Ussher’s seventeenth-century calculation of about 6000 years is a good estimate. Second, that there are six days of creation – there is debate on the meaning of ‘day’ in this context, with some insisting on a literal twenty-four hours, and others more flexible. Third, that there was a miraculous creation of all life including Homo sapiens — with scope for debate about whether Adam and Eve came together or if Eve came afterwards to keep Adam company. Fourth, that there was a world-wide flood some time after the initial creation, through which only a limited number of humans and animals survived. Fifth, that there were other events such as the Tower of Babel and the turning of Lot’s wife into a pillar of salt. Creationists (in this narrow sense) have variously been known as Fundamentalists or biblical literalists, and sometimes – especially when they are pushing the scientific grounds for their beliefs – as Scientific Creationists. Today’s Creationists are often marked by enthusiasm for something that is known as Intelligent Design. Because the relationship between Creationism in the sense of literalism and Intelligent Design is somewhat complex, examination of this relationship will be left until later and, until stated otherwise, the following discussion focusses on literalists. (Because ‘literalist’ is the common term, we continue to use it. More accurately, such people are better known as ‘inerrantists,’ implying that the stress is less on the actual words and more on the interpretation, especially given the extent to which they interpret the Bible, especially when it comes to prophecies.)