Re: [asa] Wells and traditional Christianity

I wonder whether Wells's book will be reviewed in some Christian journal.
If so, and if the reviewer doesn't mention his lack of qualifications to
be a defender of traditional Christianity, we ought to make sure that the
editor receives numerous letters making this point.

Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Keith Miller wrote:

> To all:
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> I have just learned of a new book by Jonathan Wells -- "The
> Politically Incorrect guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design." In
> that book he has a chapter entitled "Darwinism's War on Traditional
> Christianity." In this chapter, Well's presents himself as a
> defender of "traditional Christianity" ! Here is a prominent member
> of Moon's Unification Church who believes that Jesus' death on the
> cross was a failure of his mission, and that Sun Myong Moon is the
> messiah come to complete Jesus' failed work, speaking as a defender
> of traditional Christianity! In this chapter he specifically
> condemns the theology of people like Ken Miller and John Haught!
> Wells writes: "In other words, a Darwinian who really, really wants
> to be a Christian can be a Christian of sorts -- just not a
> traditional one." No person who accepts evolution can be a
> traditional Christian -- but someone who rejects the centrality of
> the death and resurrection of Christ can!
>
> This is beyond words!
>
> Keith
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Received on Mon Aug 28 11:05:42 2006