--- George Murphy <gmurphy@raex.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
I agree. The alternative is to compromise our integrity as scientists.
Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
248.652.4148 (home) 248.821.8156 (mobile)
"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31
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