RE: [asa] Cedarville geology

Keith- that's a funny link you gave; two things from this excerpt:
"The program will be unique in that no other Christian school, that holds to a literal six-day account of Genesis offers geology as a major for undergraduates. The course of study will be taught from both naturalistic and young-earth paradigms of earth history. "It is extremely important to develop critical thinking skills within the minds of young scientists," describes Whitmore. "We believe that using a two-model approach of earth history will be advantageous to our students, since others are only taught a one-model, naturalistic approach. Geologists are important when it comes to thinking about earth history, especially within a biblical context.""
They think the "two-model" approach is:

 1. Natural paradigm
 2. YEC paradigm

I thought the two-model approach was considering God's word and God's works. For them- I guess YEC = God's Word (their interpretation is the only valid one).

Also- what would a test question look like?

Q: How old is the earth?

 1. About 6,000 years
 2. About 4.5 billion years
 3. Both A & B
 4. Neither A & B

I predict they will get a few graduates who later renounce their education, so the school will either end-up dropping the YEC teaching or drop the major- most likely drop the YEC teaching and stop being so Fundamentalist (then they'll get accused of heresy by their fundamentalist donors and parents of students). They'll have to deal with it like Wheaton is dealing with it (this has all been done before- rinse and repeat):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/about/show07.html (A good video- I saw a copy from my local library)

...Bernie
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I thought this might be of interest to some on the list:

http://www.cedarville.edu/newsrelease/2009/Geology_Degree_Added_to_Course_Offerings/2132272486

Keith

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Received on Wed Feb 11 17:03:38 2009