Ted Davis wrote:
> I was pleased to learn that Francis Collins will join the listserve for one
> week, starting this weekend. I am concerned, however, about the level of
> noise on this listserve these past few weeks, mostly concerning origins,
> which has generated a lot of name-calling and garbage. If this were the
> norm for the listserve, I would not be on the listserve, I have far too many
> things to do than to keep my finger on the delete button. It's a good
> argument to hire a moderator, though I doubt that will happen.
>
> Here is my request: for the week that Dr Collins is available, at least,
> can we agree please not to discuss these recent topics, and limit our
> conversation to issues related to his expertise (ie, genetics and
> biotechnology)? Even if there had not been so much noise, I think this
> might be a reasonable request, but under the circumstances I think it wholly
> justified. Can we agree to this?
Yes.
If the conversation moves naturally to issues of origins and he wants to
express his views on them, fine. But there are a lot of other important things
to talk about.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
"The Science-Theology Interface"
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