Re: [asa] Islamic Creationist

 Certaintly the book should not be shelved purely alphabetically, but I do think it is high time that all religions stop seeing each other as blasphemers and start looking more for our common causes etc.? We no longer have the luxury to endure each other's assaults.? The world has become too small and technology too potent for us to do anything but try and make all men as equal in each other's eyes as they are in God's.? Soon the tools of our total destruction will be in the hands of our most discontent.? Such discontentment is no longer an aggravation the privileged can afford to endure, much less ignore.

-Mike (Friend of ASA)

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From: gordon brown <gbrown@Colorado.EDU>
To: mlucid@aol.com
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:38 am
Subject: Re: [asa] Islamic Creationist

I was passing along the concerns expressed by someone else. I think that
people have different expectations of their church library from what they
expect from other libraries. Unless there is some disclaimer, many church
members are likely to assume that the books in their church's library are
endorsed by the church, especially if they are placed alongside Christian
literature. Perhaps books published by other religions could be placed in
another clearly marked section. Such books, especially classic ones, are
quite appropriate for public libraries, university libraries, and maybe
even seminary libraries. I took a course in college in which I had to read
passages from works by Hitler and Stalin. That was fine with me because I
considered it good education to learn how other people thought.?
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Gordon Brown (ASA member)?
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> My pastor reported today that he and his associate pastor had each?

> received in the mail a copy of a book on evolution versus creation from?

> Turkey. This was from the Muslim creationist who has previously been?

> mentioned on this forum. My pastor said that it had some sort of statement?

> praising the Koran. He thought that they wouldn't have sent it to him?

> unless they were also sending it to other pastors around the country. He?

> saw it as an attempt at evangelism by Muslims and expressed concern that?

> others wouldn't realize this, and seeing that it deals with the?

> creation-evolution controversy, it might end up in church libraries?

> across the country. You might want to be alert to make sure that this?

> doesn't happen in your church. I think that the fact that this is Islamic?

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> and creation.??

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