Life on earth exhibits discrete gaps between kinds of creatures supportive of the creationist position. But life also displays variation, a trait which has traditionally, but incorrectly, been seen as supportive of the evolutionary interpretation. A combination of these and other factors, notably the remarkable creativity in the use of traits, sometimes without an apparent organizing system, makes biosystematics difficult for both the creationist and the evolutionist. Creationists may now be poised to offer the first truly objective biosystematics which is acceptable to both sides of the origins debate. Such an eventuality would radically change the nature of the origins debate.