Original sentence: The history of creationism is tied to the history of the religions which found their accounts of creation to be in conflict with emprical observations of natural history from scientific inquiry.While the term creationism was not in common use before the late 19th century, creationists consider their primary source to be the ancient Hebrew text describing creation according to Genesis and see themselves as being the philosophical and religious offspring of the traditions that held that text sacred
Edited sentence: The history of creationism begins with the ancient Hebrew text describing creation according to Genesis, though the term creationism was not in use before the late 19th century