Creationism and Debates About Scientific Racism

Almost a century ago, the American politician and anti-evolution activist William Jennings Bryan asserted at the 1925 Scopes trial that he did not believe that the creation account in Genesis took place in "six days of twenty-four hours." Others apparently did, and it's been clear ever since that there is a range of different beliefs that can be called "creationism." Mark Looy, one of the cofounders of Answers in Genesis (perhaps the largest creationist organization in the world today), acknowledges that viewpoint diversity, stating "creationism is a very broad term with multiple definitions."