ASA'er quoted in Focus on the Family newsletter

See:
http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0031131.cfm

In relevant part,
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Princeton-educated scientist Dr. Ken Touryan, who works with the American
Scientific Affiliation, said he's never seen a scientific discovery that
does not point him back to a Creator. In fact, he said DNA evidence shows we
are all descended from a single woman, who even secular scientists call Eve.

"My experience is that if anything, the discoveries of science more and more
support the existence of God, the biblical God and God's word, the Bible,"
Touryan said. "We should not be afraid. God is the God of science. God is
the God of the Bible. If we can't put them together today, some day we'll be
able to."

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Comments:

1) I am somewhat astounded at how this
reporter strung together comments from
several of the camps of the evo/cre discussion,
as if all of them shared the exact same
perspective -- that of the correspondent, who
does not accept human evolution. (eg, AIG
& Reasons to Believe)

2) Are Touryan's comments properly
represented? I believe this was in a
recent newsletter, but I lent my newsletters
to someone and don't have access to them.
Particularly, the comment about mitochondrial
Eve - that she is the most recent common
ancestor does not mean she was the only
living woman when she was alive. There
were others, they have no extant descendants.
The mtEve concept really has nothing to do
with a literal Adam and Eve -- which is what
I think this article implies, and what I believe
this article also implies Touryan believes. Am
I oversensitive? (Not looking for a discussion
of mtEve, Glenn, just concerned that it is
properly represented.)
Received on Thu Mar 11 20:19:38 2004