[asa] ASA Stance

I like Dave's approach. In answer to Jack's comment: "How can some admit old age on one hand
  and hold to a young age on the other?" I would say that people like Kurt Wise are simply admitting that there is a conflict between their interpretation of Scripture and geology, and they're not going to try to force-fit one to the other. I think that if we were to include a statement that young earth interpretation of Scripture is incorrect, we might be accused of treading on theology's turf.

Having said that, I would welcome a program within ASA or perhaps jointly by ASA and a seminary aimed at teaching valid means of interpreting Scripture in the Old Earth context.
 
Bill Hamilton
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From: "D. F. Siemens, Jr." <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
To: drsyme@cablespeed.com
Cc: williamehamiltonjr@yahoo.com; asa@lists.calvin.edu; gmurphy@raex.com
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 12:30:29 AM
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We already implicitly specify the integrity of scientific study, so what
seems to me to be needed is a statement that science provides full evidence for
the antiquity of the earth and universe along with a statement that there is no
absolute commitment required for membership beyond the theological.

Dave

On Thu, 10 May 2007 22:49:21 -0400 "Jack" <drsyme@cablespeed.com> writes:

  That would be incomplete. If left the way
  you stated it would be senseless. How can some admit old age on one hand
  and hold to a young age on the other? There would have to be another
  statement explaining how "some Christians" resolve the conflict.

  I think we need to make a firmer stand and claim
  that not only the physical evidence supports an old earth, but that biblical
  interpretations that claim that the earth MUST be young, are
  incorrect.

  
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    From:
    Bill Hamilton

    To: ASA List

    Cc: George Murphy

    Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:39
    PM

    George
    wrote

A good deal has been made of the fact
    that there are a few scientifically trained YECs who are honest about the
    fact that present-day science points to an old earth but who themselves
    believe in a young earth because of their theological position. It
    might be unfortunate if they had to leave ASA because of the organization
    taking an old-earth position but that may be the prcise for organizational
    integrity and credibility. & there have always been intelligent fellow Christians who
    didn't meet the criteria for membership.

Possibly we could enable some of these folks to
    stay in, if our policy stated'

1. The physical evidence points to an
    old earth
2. We recognize that some Christians, while admitting the
    above, hold to a young earth on Scriptural grounds

     
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William E. Hamilton, Jr.,
    Ph.D.
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    who is against us?" Rom 8:31
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    bartender is probably no damn good"
--Ernest Rutherford
    

    
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