Re: [asa] "Advertising" the ASA

Burgy,

I completely agree...with the caveat of course that
its an accurate representation of the organization :)
As for myself, I frequently link to ASA pages or refer
people to ASA when I answer Yahoo!Q&A questions about
faith-science issues. I also have seen ASA referenced
one other time on that same forum by someone else in a
similar manner. Bottom line, if done with the proper
care, I think it's a great way for ASA to raise
awareness about our organization :)

In Christ,
Christine Smith (ASA member)

--- j burg <hossradbourne@gmail.com> wrote:

> It occurred to me that mentioning the ASA in public
> forums from time
> to time, when the occasion was "right," might be a
> way of interesting
> some people into looking at it.
>
> The web site
>
>
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-evolution1108feb11,0,1678735.story
>
> contains an article on the "tens of thousands" of
> YEC believers who
> wrote in to the State Education people about new
> educational
> standards. AT the end of the article is a forum for
> comments.
>
> I added my own, with a notation that persons wishing
> to understand
> more about such issues might take a look at the ASA
> web site.
>
> WHat do you all think about this kind of
> "advertising"? It is pretty
> low key. But it might be useful
>
> Burgy
>
> The article begins:
>
> Clash over teaching evolution hits Orlando
> State education officials have hearings before
> voting on science standards.
> Leslie Postal | Sentinel Staff Writer
> February 11, 2008
>
> Evolution has been a cornerstone of biology for
> more than 100 years,
> but don't try to tell that to many of the thousands
> of people who
> posted comments on Florida's Department of Education
> Web site.
>
> "The last time I went to the zoo, the monkeys
> weren't evolving into
> man," read one comment.
>
> "Evolution is not proven and we should not brainwash
> our children with
> this concept," stated another. . . .
>
> My post says:
>
> It is terrible to see such ignorance in action.
> Those who sincerely
> think the YEC (Young Earth Creationism) idea is
> correct -- or even
> think it MIGHT be correct, need to do some serious
> study of the
> issues.
>
> One group of people who have done this are members
> of the American
> Scientific Affiliation (ASA), a 60 year old
> organization of scientis
> who are also Christians, mostly evengelical
> Christians. Our web site
> at www.asa3.org is a good place to begin reading.
>
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Received on Mon Feb 11 20:18:39 2008