RE: [asa] Education, Medicine, and Evolution

>>> "Stephen Matheson" <smatheso@calvin.edu> 6/2/2008 3:52 PM >>> writes,

<Big SNIP>
I don't have any idea how Don wants the supernatural to be included or
acknowledged by science, and I think that's an interesting topic for
Christians and for the ASA. But I think it is very important to separate
the legitimate questions regarding the purview of science with respect to
the supernatural -- questions on which Christians can be expected to
disagree -- from illegitimate claims of warfare or incompatibility between
science and faith. Without that important distinction, your excellent
comments could be misunderstood (or misappropriated) as a defense of a
specific position on the question of whether and how science can detect or
study the supernatural, and thereby (ironically) be employed in the very
warfare we all seek to discredit. As it stands now, I worry that bystanders
who have read your response to Don might wonder if I am embracing the
warfare nonsense when I declare my strong agreement with the positions of
the AAAS and the National Academy.

Just my opinion, of course, and I hope I was clear.

***

Ted responds:

You were a lot clearer than I was, Steve. Thank you for clarifying the
issue under discussion. I did in fact miss Don's point, and I would not
want to further the mythology in any way....

My last post for today, as I'm at the limit.

ted

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