Re: National Certification of Science Teachers(1)

"The foremost terrestrial authority on the book of Genesis" haha...what do you have to do to get that title? :) He's really sure of himself thats for sure.

~Matt

----- Original Message -----
  From: Jack Haas
  To: asa@calvin.edu
  Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:40 PM
  Subject: FW: National Certification of Science Teachers(1)

  Greetings,

  Sometimes we need a bit of 'comic' relief:
  Jack
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    From: Ephraim7@aol.com
    To: haas.john@comcast.net
    Subject: National Certification of Science Teachers(1)
    Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:46:04 +0000

    Hello.

    This article is to inform all that I teach a class on Genesis
    to science teachers. The title of the course is "Moses &
    Creation: Biblical Reality". It is a 15-hour class that tells
    the truth about the first three chapters of Genesis, so that
    the teachers won't be speaking in ignorance about what
    Genesis is saying to mankind. Neither theology nor
    secular science are anywhere close to knowing what
    advanced scientific knowledge is contained in Genesis.

    My name is Herman Cummings. I am the foremost t errestrial
    authority on the book of Genesis. Due to the current pseudo
    controversy between what is written in Genesis and the
    conclusions of secular science, I believe my services are
    most needed. I would come the site designated by the
    local school or district to conduct the class.

    Upon reading the article "Creationism added to Biology
    syllabus", I questioned what sort of information was going
    to be taught. I am the only person I know or ever heard of
    presently walking on this Earth that is qualified to teach
    Biblical Creation. So what would they be teaching?
    Creation Science? That is misinterpretation of scripture.

    In the meantime, "creation" is not the counterpart of the
    doctrine of evolution, as most of humanity believes. Biblical
    Creation is the doctrine that God created our Earth & universe
    (4.6 billion BC) and deposited original life on this planet at
    that ti me. Since Genesis does not tell us how the Earth was
    created, "Creation" can't be taught. It would be the counterpart
    of the "Big Bang" theory. However, evolution is the doctrine
    that simple life began to evolve (from an unknown beginning)
    into complex life forms over many millions of years, into
    the forms of life that we have presently in our world.

    The counterpart of evolution is the correct interpretation of the
    first two chapters of Genesis, which tells of the past
    appearance and demise of various life forms over the course
    of time, and the history of modern mankind. This is called
    the "Observations of Moses", or "OM". Many school districts
    are grappling with the doctrine of "Intelligent Design".
    Unfortunately, "ID" is an inept and shallow doctrine that merely
    says that life on Earth is too complex to have developed by
    chance. It tells nothing about the 600 million year foss il record,
    and how ancient life forms appeared, plus when and why many
    became extinct.

    The student is now left in a state of confusion because of what
    unqualified people have "said" what the Bible teaches, and
    what secular science has discovered. In reality, the doctrines
    of evolution and "OM" are explaining the same thing,
    acknowledging the same geologic periods of time, but "OM"
    explains what happened and why it happened, from 4.6 billion
    years ago until 4267 BC. There is agreement on when the life
    forms perished, but new information is given in the class about
    when those, and additional unknown, life forms were born.

    After completing this course, the schoolteacher will be able to
    resolve the conflict in students' minds about what they read in
    Genesis, and scientific reality. The teachers will also be able
    to answer most any question atheists or theists can think
    of to ask. The c ourse covers the periods of time before Earth
    was created, the advents of prehistoric mankind, up until the
    appearance of modern mankind. The students receive
    "closure", and become more receptive to instruction, because
    they don't feel like they are only being taught false conclusions.

    This is not a course on teaching "creationism", but how to
    convey the scientific information that Genesis has for mankind.

    Sincerely,
    Herman Cummings
    PO Box 1745
    Fortson GA, 31808-1745
    Ephraim7@aol.com
    (706) 662-2893
Received on Fri Mar 10 20:13:30 2006