Re: [asa] Jonathan Wells essay

I agree with everything you said, Keith, but "Evolution Sunday" still seems
misguided to me. It appears to be a shot from the other side across the
culture war bow, rather an effort to introduce a more balanced perspective
on the theology of creation and the role of science. Whether it's intended
that way or not, there can't be any doubt that it will be taken that way.

On 1/31/07, Keith Miller <kbmill@ksu.edu> wrote:
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> Does anyone else think it's more than a bit ridiculous for a scientific
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> theory to have its own Sunday? Why don't we have "gravity Sunday" or
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> "quantum mechanics Sunday?" Maybe we should also have a Sunday for all
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> the
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> theories that didn't quite pan out, like "Luminiferous Aether Sunday" or
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> "Steady State Cosmology Sunday." Of course, some churches probably will
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> have "Ancient Near Eastern Cosmogony Sunday" instead of "Evolution
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> Sunday,"
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> but that seems to be just the other side of the same coin.
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> The problem is that many CHRISTIANS HAVE MADE this a fundamental
> theological/moral issue. As a result, I think that it is entirely
> appropriate, and in fact valuable, for the church to address the issue from
> a solid Creation theology perspective. I don't suspect that many churches
> will be teaching the science of evolutionary theory in their services.
> Rather, I would hope that the focus would be on the theology of Creation and
> hermeneutics. Whether there is an "Evolution Sunday" or not, it is
> important for pastors and Christian educators to address the issue. I would
> similarly argue that the local church should also provide theological
> instruction to guide their members in thinking about other prominent issues
> such as stem cell research, or climate change. The local church should not
> be expected to teach about the science, but the theological foundations for
> addressing these questions should be taught. Christians will get their
> guidance to navigate such questions from other sources (the local Christian
> book shelf) if not in the local church.
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> Keith
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