Re: [asa] Book TV on C-SPAN 2

I've resisted the temptation to get into this but now yield. The statement
"evolution is compatible with religious faith" is ambiguous. If it means
"There is at least one member of the class of religious faiths with which
evolution is compatible" then it's true. & if it means "Evolution is
compatible with every religious faith" then it isn't.
David is taking the statement in the 2d sense & in this context I think he's
right. He's the lawyer after all!

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

----- Original Message -----
From: "j burg" <hossradbourne@gmail.com>
To: "David Opderbeck" <dopderbeck@gmail.com>
Cc: "PvM" <pvm.pandas@gmail.com>; "ASA list" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] Book TV on C-SPAN 2

> "How exactly is the statement "evolution is compatible with religious
> faith" a religiously neutral statement? Doesn't it necessarily
> involve the content of religious faith?"
>
> The statement seems to me to be a simple statement of fact, a fact
> that is acknowledged by just about anyone who has studied the subject
> in any degree. Both Henry Morris and Marcus Borg (for instance), not
> to mention Billy Graham, Pat Robertson, Joel Osteen, etc. ought to not
> have any problem stating that much as a fact. Some (Morris, for
> instance) might think it is a silly thing to do -- but would not (I
> have asked him directly on this) suggest that a person who holds to
> evolution cannot be a Christian. As such, how can it be anything else
> than "religiously neutral?"
>
> Burgy
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