Editing Creation science (section)

===Historical, philosophical, and sociological criticism===
Historically, the debate of whether creationism is compatible with science can be traced back to 1874, the year science historian [[John William Draper]] published his ''History of the Conflict between Religion and Science''. In it Draper portrayed the entire history of scientific development as a war against religion. This presentation of history was propagated further by followers such as [[Andrew Dickson White]] in his two-volume ''A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom'' (1896). Their conclusions have been disputed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bede.org.uk/university.htm |last=Hannam |first=James |date=December 8, 2009 |title=Medieval Science, the Church and Universities |website=Bede's Library |publisher=James Hannam |location=Maidstone, England |access-date=2013-09-01}}</ref>

In the United States, the principal focus of creation science advocates is on the government-supported public school systems, which are prohibited by the [[Establishment Clause]] from promoting specific religions. Historical communities have argued that [[List of Bible translations by language|Biblical translations]] contain many [[Bible errata|translation errors and errata]], and therefore that the use of biblical literalism in creation science is self-contradictory.{{sfn|Alston|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YGRKhtWCh2cC&pg=PA23 23]|ps=}}{{sfn|Moore|2002|p=[https://archive.org/details/fromgenesistogen0000moor/page/27 27]|ps=}}