> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
> Behalf Of Walter Hicks
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:43 PM
> To: Shuan Rose
> Cc: Dawsonzhu@aol.com; asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: My Daughter is a YEC
>
Also the use
> of the word
> "random" in secular teaching of evolution has a definite meaning
> to most people
> -- and it does not correspond to the theology used on this list.
> But you will
> not get that word removed for teaching of evolution so long as
> the "theory of
> evolution" is taught in public schools. Also, you cannot in a
> public school
> redefine "random" to mean possibly under the control of God.
>
>
> Walt
Not to be too picky, but just a little FYI:
In 1995, the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) passed a
resolution that tells us what is implied by the slogan "evolution is a
fact:" "The diversity of life on earth is the outcome of evolution: an
unsupervised, impersonal, unpredictable, and natural process of temporal
descent with genetic modification that is affected by natural selection,
chance, historical contingencies, and changing environments."
However, in 1997, the NABT deleted the two words: unsupervised and
impersonal from their definition of evolution. This removal of the challenge
to the supernatural should remove much of the opposition to evolution, as it
no longer is tied to philosophical conclusions.
Stephen J. Krogh, P.G.
The PanTerra Group
http://panterragroup.home.mindspring.com
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