This *does* concern me. In fact, what I never hear discussed is the
problem of an ontological naturalist (ON) teacher who believes that
evolution implies atheism making that claim to his/her students.
Actually, the teacher doesn't have to be a card-carrying ON to promulate
this false association, merely one who is ignorant of the separation of
theology and science. It's been my experience that this lack of
understanding of the separation of theology/science is not uncommon in
secondary ed. majors.
How can we prevent that fallacy (evolution iff atheism) from being pushed
in the classroom?
Roger
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> For example, here is what atheist/agnostic
> philosopher Michael Ruse has said in his review
> of Dawkins's A Devil's Chaplain:
>
> "I worry about the political consequences of
> Dawkins's message. If Darwinism is a major
> contributor to nonbelief, then should Darwinism
> be taught in publicly funded U.S. schools?"
>
> (From "Through a glass, darkly," a review of A
> Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies,
> Science, and Love (New York: Houghton Mifflin,
> 2003), American Scientist (November-December,
> 2003),
> www.americanscientist.org/template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/28365.)
>
>
> Pardon me, but if you didn't react to the same
> situation that Ruse has, why am I supposed to
> take you seriously? You claim to be Christians
> -- and I don't doubt it -- but I am amazed that
> this doesn't concern you as much as concerns
> even him.
>
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