Re: CT article: Darwinists, not Christians, stonewalling the facts

Dear Randy,

As a fellow of ASA who has written about the issues of evolution, I
happened to agree with Colson excepting for minor details. Since ASA does
not hold an official position on evolution other than the publication
"Teaching evolution" which encourages open-mindedness and critical
evaluation, may I humbly suggest that ASA not respond as an organization to
the article but let individual ASA members respond if they
so desire. In my humble opinion, this list serve has been dominated by
the theistic evolutiion perspective which may not represent the majority
opionion of ASA membership.

God bless you as you prepare to serve as executive director of ASA.

Pattle.P.T.Pun, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology,
Wheaton College,
Wheaton, IL 60187
phone: 630-752-5303
fax: 630-752-5996
email: pattle.p.pun@wheaton.edu
http://www.wheaton.edu/Biology/faculty/ppp/web/index.html

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Randy Isaac wrote:

> How do all of you feel that ASA should respond to editorials such as
> Colson's?
>
> a) Ignore it?
> b) Encourage members to write letters to the editor clarifying some of the
> issues so that maybe one of them might be published?
> c) Just discuss it/criticize it among ourselves but keep quiet publicly?
> d) Use it as a basis for discussion in our respective churches?
> e) Encourage the director to write a letter to the editor? (not an ASA
> position but a personal opinion, identified as the ASA director)
> f) None of the above? any combination of the above? other?
>
> I do believe that Colson doesn't frame the issue very well and that CT
> readers deserve a better perspective.
> Thinking beyond Colson and this article, how pro-active should ASA be, as an
> organization, to articulate the relevant perspectives and issues without
> advocating any particular view?
>
> Randy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jack syme" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
> To: <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: CT article: Darwinists, not Christians, stonewalling the facts
>
>
> > The rhetoric and ignorance displayed by Colson here, strikes me exactly
> > the same way his rhetorical BreakPoint commentary on the Schiavo case on
> > Friday did.
> >
> > Either he doesnt care about the truth, or he is in serious need of a fact
> > checker.
> >
> > In either case, this is irresponsible commentary. Another embarassement
> > for Christianity IMO.
> >
> >
>
>
>
Received on Mon Mar 28 22:09:06 2005