The story of evolution, as it is commonly presented, is put into a literary style similar to that of the Biblical account of creation. The days of creation are replaced by "ages" of evolution. The role of "time" as the medium in which faith is exercised to bridge the supernatural gaps in the evolutionary theory, is emphasized by the use of "Ternpus", the Latin word for time, as if it were the name of a god. When the two accounts are thus compared in similar literary forms, evolution appears to be no more scientific than creation. It is therefore suggested that there is abundant evidence for a creation-based "scientific" theory of the origin of this earth and of the life upon it. The indications are that such an approach could have a better scientific structure than evolution. The details could readily be worked out if the same level of financial support could be obtained for the creation approach.