I just learned of the death of a friend of mine (due to cancer) who was an
implacable enemy of young-earth creationism. Bob Schadewald was a writer,
the former president and editor of National Center for Science Education.
While Bob and I did not share the same philosophy, we shared one thing, the
desire that people get their facts straight. Bob didn't think much of
Christianity but he never really tried to convert me to his view as many
atheists/agnostics do.
I met Bob when I was a young-earth creationist when he wrote me about one
of my articles. He told me that it was a very good article. Coming from Bob
and being a young-earth article, that said something. I only met him once
face to face in 1986 at the first International Conference on Creationism.
I had breakfast with him the morning of my talk. I knew I was about to
deliver a very unpopular talk. Bob offered to catch any tomatoes that might
be thrown my way.
We kept in touch over the years. His last note to me was about two weeks
ago when I showed him a note sent to me by a Christian who was chastising
me for my web site being used by an atheist. Bob commented on how sad the
letter was. He gave me some advice, "Tell this guy how many Christians you
know of that have been converted to atheism by Morris, Gish, and others."
There were no complaints from him at the end. I will miss Bob very much.
glenn
Foundation, Fall and Flood
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
Lots of information on creation/evolution
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