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Most religions have some kind of account of the creation of the Universe, although they generally differ in detail from the ones listed above.

Some of these may be compatible with known scientific facts ( Old Earth Creationism, Theistic Evolution, Progressive Creationism ).

Others are either incompatible with, or indifferent to, scientific understandings ( Young Earth Creationism ).

For example scientist-theologians such as John Polkinghorne emphasize the implications of Anthropic Fine-Tuning within an orthodox Christian framework, whilst fully accepting the scientific findings about Evolution and the age of the Universe.

This is also the position of the Roman Catholic Church and of most Anglican theologians.

The Jewish physicist Gerald Schroeder argues that the apparent discrepancy between the " days " in Genesis and the billions of years in a scientific understanding are due to the differences in frames of reference.

Other scientists with similar views are physicist Freeman Dyson and astronomer Owen Gingerich.