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03/14/2002 Entry: "An argument continues to evolve..."
There is a political row brewing in Britain over the teaching of science, and the biological sciences in particular. Emmanuel City Technology College in our Pime Minister's constituency of Gateshead is apparently teaching that "7 day creation" and the evolution theories of Charles Darwin (pictured) are of equal merit, both being "faith positions". The scientist Richard Dawkins, famous for his anti-Christian views, has weighed in saying, "These children are being taught ludicrous falsehoods. This is not a matter of one scientific position against another scientific position. There is no scientific position which states that the earth is a few thousand years old. Any bishop would say the same."I'm not a fan of Dawkins, but I fear on this issue he is right. It is a fundamental misunderstanding of the opening chapter of Genesis to read it as a scientific account of how the universe began. This is not to devalue the Bible, but to treat it with the utmost seriousness. What do you think? There's a discussion on this just started on Open Forum. Have your say!
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Gert, I do disagree with your #2, if we all accept the supremacy of Scripture, I think we can draw certain conclusions from it. The problems come with people who don't accept Scripture as infallible, who still hold to it in some manner. I expect Darwinists to disagree with Creation, not the Body of Christ.
Posted by Joel W @ 03/18/2002 03:11 PM CST
Point one: the PM's constituency is Sedgefield (I think Joyce Quin's constituency is Gateshead).Point two: I guess it's pretty futile for adults to have a debate on Scripture vs evolution because it's one of those debates where no-one will ever convince the other of the rightness of the argument.Point three: It's probably not wise to take at face value media reports of what's happening in a school, but if it's true that evolution is being denied in the name of religion, that is worrying. My Mum went to a convent school and then did a Social Admin degree in the 50s and had to spend her year off catching up on all the relevant bits of education the nuns had decided to censor - English literature, biology...
Sorry I've rambled on a bit
Posted by Gert @ 03/18/2002 12:40 AM CST
Not only in Genesis, but throughout the Bible creation is not only declared, but assumed. Death entered through sin also. I don't see how this is debatable to those who hold the Bible as innerrant. This link may provide some food for thought:http://kennethgentry.com/Merchant2/creationreport.pdf Also, have you read John Sailhamer's "The Pentateuch as Narrative?" It is a good jumping off point for a text-based approach.
Posted by Joel W @ 03/15/2002 03:27 AM CST
