Re: Academics who actively support Young Earth Creationism

From: gordon brown (gbrown@euclid.colorado.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 28 2003 - 16:54:04 EST

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    On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Sarah Berel-Harrop wrote:

    > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:31:14 -0500
    > Dick Fischer <dickfischer@earthlink.net> wrote:
    >
    > >
    > >But one article in our publication isn't going to change the world.
    > > It really depends on what kind of legs it gets. And this is up to
    > >guys like you. Could this small article be parlayed into a book with
    > >chapters by George, Keith, Howard, Glenn and other ASAers?
    >
    > Well, there is a really good book with chapters by George, Keith,
    > and Howard, and some others out! It is _Perspectives on an Evolving
    > Creation_. I really like the way it is organized. It is very
    > suitable for a church book group study.
    >
    > >Would
    > >John Templeton help?
    > >
    > >We all seem to understand there is a problem. Could we band together
    > >long enough to slay this giant alligator so that we can return to
    > >doing what we love best - swatting flies?
    > >
    > >Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
    > >Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
    > >www.genesisproclaimed.org
    > >
    >
    >

    I think that Dick's article seeks to expose the ways in which present-day
    YEC is inconsistent with Scripture. This is a very important point to get
    across.

    For a book to accomplish this, it is important to have authors who are
    credible to the targeted audience. This means that they should have a
    "high view of Scripture". Ideally they would be theologians whom the
    readers already trust on other issues. They should not be people already
    demonized by the ICR. The ASA's Lay Education Project was very sensitive
    to such considerations so that the ASALEP material would not be rejected
    outright by people when they saw the names of the authors. It would also
    be wise in refuting YEC interpretations to avoid the temptation to push
    too hard for an alternative interpretation that is only one of several
    found among those who reject YEC.

    Gordon Brown
    Department of Mathematics
    University of Colorado
    Boulder, CO 80309-0395

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