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From: Allan Harvey <aharvey@boulder.nist.gov>
To: asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Cc: asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Phil Johnson on Focus on the Family
>At 03:15 PM 4/27/99 -0400, Moorad Alexanian wrote:
>> ... I do believe that tenure and promotions in most universities are
>>based on certain intangibles as, for instance, your faith and how strongly
>>you show it. I think Johnson is right! Let us face it university faculties
>>are composed mostly of liberals and radicals. Where does a Christian fit
in
>>such a system?
>
>Without dealing with other issues, let me quickly point out that the
>comment by Johnson which started this thread was with regard to
>scientists *in Christian colleges and universities*. So, at least for
>that set of people, showing one's faith would presumably not be a
>negative for tenure and promotion, and Moorad's comments would not apply.
> If you say Johnson is right, you are saying that many of our brothers
>and sisters on the faculties at Wheaton, Calvin, etc., are seriously
>lacking in integrity. I hope you do not mean to say that.
>
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