Re: RATE Vol. II

----- Original Message -----
From: "Freeman, Louise Margaret" <lfreeman@mbc.edu>
To: "Randy Isaac" <randyisaac@adelphia.net>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: RATE Vol. II

>
>> I had similar visions but I seriously doubt whether it will turn out
>> that way. Despite the clear statements in the summary chapter of the
>> unsolved problems, the final paragraph continues to assert that the
>> groundbreaking new results once again reaffirm the validity of the
>> Bible. Knowing the right answer ahead of time provides confidence that
>> the remaining unsolved problems will be solved. Conferences and books
>> and videos proclaim the result of RATE as showing the validity of the
>> young-earth position. Statements that the RATE scientists published in
>> the $79.99 version of the 800 page technical report won't be read by
>> many people in the pews. They will rely on the translation provided in
>> the "Thousands...Not Billions" book which has the conclusion right in
>> the title. No need to read further.
>>
>> Sadly,
>>
>> Randy
>
> I hope the ASA, the Affiliation of Christian Geologists, etc. will
> publish in-depth analyses
> and make it available on their websites. It seems incrdible people could
> roll their eyes at
> "walking on ice" explanations yet let several dozen stretches of
> fundamental physics laws
> pass without comment.
>
> But by now I should have stopped being surprised.

IMO we've reached a point with the age of the earth at which ASA's position
of not taking an official stance on disputed matters no longer applies.
There is no scientific dispute about the order of magnitude of the age of
the earth. The ASA should take the stance - & take it forcefully - that the
earth is billions of years old, and that supposedly scientific claims to the
contrary are without merit. Of course this does not mean that a position
would be taken on biological evolution.

We might lose a few members if we did this. That would be unfortunate but
the alternative is for the organization to do nothing effective about this
cancer.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Sun May 21 06:22:18 2006