Fwd: [ACG] Fwd: ASA position of age of Earth

I am forwarding messages between the ASA and ACG lists on this topic
of mutual interest.

Keith

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> From: "Dr. David Campbell" <amblema@bama.ua.edu>
> Date: May 22, 2006 6:26:16 PM CDT
> To: acg@list.dordt.edu
> Subject: Re: [ACG] Fwd: ASA position of age of Earth
>
>
> I think it's slightly off target for the ASA to have a statement on
> the age of the earth; rather, scientific integrity is the key issue.
> Does something like this help address the issue? It does add some
> other things; in particular, the second sentence contradicts the
> foundational claim of militant YEC and antievolutionism, which was not
> exactly an explicit part of the original question.
>
> Although the ASA has no a priori commitment to any view on the age of
> the earth, we recognize that the available scientific evidence points
> unambiguously to an old earth. We believe that a wide range of views
> on the means and timing of creation are compatible with Scripture.
> Although honesty requires admitting that the scientific evidence does
> not favor a young earth view, this does not prevent holding such a
> view on other grounds.
>
> --
> Dr. David Campbell
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Received on Mon May 22 23:30:35 2006