Re: Stealth attack on evolution

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From: "Either Carol or John Burgeson" <burgytwo@juno.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:48 PM
Subject: Stealth attack on evolution

> See page 53 of TIME, Jan 31, 2005. This article addresses the question of
> who is behind the movement attacking evolution.
>
> The scary sentence is on page 54. Funding is provided in part by Howard
> F. Ahmanson Jr. My sources on Ahmanson indicate that he is about 1000
> miles to the right of Jerry Falwell. Ahmanson's goal is an America (I
> have read) that is not only a theocracy, no church-state separation, but
> one governed by strict OT laws.
>
> Ready to stone your recalcitrant teenager in the public square? Burn your
> gay cousin at the stake? Renounce your faith community for one acceptable
> to Howard?
>
> The YEC movement is more than a nuisance. If successful, Glenn's oil
> problem (our oil problem, of course) will seem like a nit. It could
> happen here.
>
> The YECs are still winning. And the suggestions I offer are met with
> "we've never done it that way." Maybe it is time to change.

For my part I haven't said this. I've said your approach won't work - for
several reasons. There's a big difference. Another reason for good measure
is that most ACLU folks, non-Christian evolutionists, a lot of judges &c
would put up a huge fight against your approach.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Tue Feb 1 16:49:06 2005