Darwinism is a term for the underlying theory in those ideas of Charles Darwin concerning evolution and natural selection. Discussions of Darwinism usually focus on evolution by natural selection, but sometimes Darwinism is taken to mean evolution more broadly, or other ideas not directly associated with the work of Darwin. from Wikipedia.

I heard someone speaking yesterday about Darwinism, and I had had enough. The presumption made, and I must believe it was a presumption because I have read The Origin of the Species, was that Darwinism refutes creationism. Perhaps, if Darwinism is taken broadly (as referenced in the last part of Wikipedia’s definition quoted above) to mean simply "evolution," then there may exist some argument that creationism and this "Darwinism" cannot co-exist. However, where are the thinkers?

Regardless of your belief on the subject, consider that there is a God who created life. Would such a God not imbue all created with the capacity to evolve? I drafted a lengthy editorial on this subject and was primed to post it here. For now, though, I simply want to inspire thought. Maybe, some will be inspired to read The Origin of the Species. Did you know that Darwin believed in God? Did you know that Darwin believed in creation? Imagine the wonder (wonderful arguments?) you could create at your next cocktail party when you are able to ask these questions of someone who is espousing "Darwinism" in an effort to refute creationism. As for me, to consider that God created everything but left out the capacity to evolve with changes in environment, disease, and so on… that is to consider a God that is less than God. My God is omniscient and has been so since the beginning and the end of time.
"Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved." Charles Darwin, The Origin of the Species
As I said, I have more to say on this, but for now I will let this particular issue go. Why? Because it is indicative of an even larger, more disturbing issue: the willingness of so many to accept things without investigating for themselves. This is why "soundbite campaigns" are successful, and why they are a pariah. This laziness in the pursuit of knowledge can be revealed in the simplest of things, too. We all have heard, "Practice makes perfect." It sounds so good, so "right," that it simply must be true. For those of you who play the piano, I now ask you to sit and play a tune incorrectly. Practice playing it incorrectly for an hour a day for seven days, and during this time, do not play it correctly. On the eight day, sit down and play it correctly. Now, wouldn’t you say that it is more correct to say, "perfect practice makes perfect"?