Re: [asa] Resolution affirming Creation and Evolution

Hi Bob:
I do not think that your committee has egg on their faces -- it is
likely that few people reading the resolution will think in terms of
something emerging from an egg in the sense of motion out of an egg.
My Collins Concise English Dictionary lists just four meaniing of emerge:
1. to come up to the surface of or rise from water or other liquid;
2. to come into view, as from concealment or obscurity;
3. to come out (of) or live (through (a difficult experience, etc.);
4. to become apparent.
With that semantic range in view, it seems to me that the meaning
intended by your committee emerges in a very appropriate manner.
Don

Robert Schneider wrote:

> Dick,
> "Emergence" in the resolution refers to the emergence of new species
> over time, though I see that this could be misunderstood. Whether "no
> one will read it anyway" remains to be seen.
> Bob
> Robert J. Schneider
> 187 Sierra Vista
> Boone, NC, 28607
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> "Science and Faith: perspectives on Christianity and science"
> community.berea.edu/scienceandfaith/
> "A Catechism of Creation"
> www.episcopalchurch.org/science/ <http://www.episcopalchurch.org/science/>
> "Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and
> every fresh truth is received unwillingly. To expect the world to
> receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is
> to look for one of those miracles which do not occur" (from an
> interview of Alfred Russell Wallace published posthumously in 1913).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Dick Fischer <mailto:dickfischer@verizon.net>
> *To:* ASA <mailto:asa@calvin.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:57 AM
> *Subject:* RE: [asa] Resolution affirming Creation and Evolution
>
> Hi Bob:
>
> Did you guys really want to say this:
>
> "Resolved, That the theory of evolution provides a fruitful and
> unifying
>
> scientific explanation for the *emergence *of life on earth …”
>
> I don’t think you wanted to imply that evolution describes how
> life emerged. It describes the progression of life through time,
> but something has to be in place before it can evolve. Evolution
> involves change, it doesn’t apply to an initial condition. But
> don’t worry, probably no one will read it anyway.
>
> Dick Fischer
>
> Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
>
> Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
>
> www.genesisproclaimed.org <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org/>
>

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