I think Christians in any disciple ought to be more vocal and visible in
their campuses. I have found publishing letters to the editor in our local
and national newspapers as the best way for my colleagues on campus to know
where I stand as a Christian. It may be that people in SCP are known on
their campuses for their stand for Christianity. I am sure if people in
your campus do not know you are a Christian, then there isn't much that you
are doing to influence faculty and student alike.
Take care,
Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: James Mahaffy <mahaffy@mtcnet.net>
To: scp@calvin.edu <scp@calvin.edu>; acg-l@dordt.edu <acg-l@dordt.edu>;
asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>; pmoes@dordt.edu <pmoes@dordt.edu>
Date: Sunday, May 30, 1999 5:05 PM
Subject: Feedback on what makes SCP good.
>Folks,
>
>I am not a philosopher but a biologists (with an interest in
>perspectives), who teaches at Dordt College, a college with a strong
>emphasis in philosophy.
>
>The reason for my posting is to ask for feedback on how either the ASA
>or Christian biologist organizations (and or lists) could have more of
>an impact on the academic world.
>
>I have an impression that SCP has a real impact on academia. I am not
>sure why. It may be in part because of some individuals active in it,
>but I suspect there is more to it. Is there anything that the Christian
>biologists or ASA could learn from you. Do any of you have an idea of
>why the impact of this Christian discipline group is greater than some
>others. I know the ASA is concerned about this and it is on the agenda
>of their annual meetings. I also sponsor the list of the Affiliation of
>Christian Biologists so will cc this on to the lists of both groups. In
>looking at your archives at calvin, even your list seems to be a bit
>more like the good professional lists (paleonet or mammal-l are two in
>my area that come to mind - but I am sure there are lots more). I do
>not want to cause digression in the list so you are welcome to reply
>privately to me and I will summarize it to the lists if you have some
>good suggestions. I probably will not join scp but will read the
>archives if you respond to the list.
>
>While an important focus of Christian affiliations is to support members
>it would be nice if they had an impact similiar to that of "secular"
>oranizations.
>
>I do have a bunch of ideas ranging from the empiricism of the sciences
>to stuck on origins debates that might be part of it but I don't want to
>prejudice your responses.
>--
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