Re: [asa] Cedarville geology

I believe ICR has offered a masters degree in geology -- and of course they
teach from a young-earth perspective. Glenn Morton may have a degree from
ICR -- I don't remember the details. What I do remember is that he started
his career believing in a young earth (he's a petroleum geologist) and saw
overwhelming evidence of the age of the earth. This caused a crisis in his
faith which nearly led him to become an atheist. He has hired geologists
with degrees from ICR and maybe other schools which teach young earth, nd
wathed them go through similar crises.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Dehler, Bernie <bernie.dehler@intel.com>wrote:

> 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:
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> 1. Natural paradigm
> 2. YEC paradigm
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> 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).
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> Also- what would a test question look like?
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> Q: How old is the earth?
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> 1. About 6,000 years
> 2. About 4.5 billion years
> 3. Both A & B
> 4. Neither A & B
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> 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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> *From:* asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Keith Miller
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:21 PM
> *To:* AmericanScientificAffiliation Affiliation
> *Subject:* [asa] Cedarville geology
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> I thought this might be of interest to some on the list:
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> http://www.cedarville.edu/newsrelease/2009/Geology_Degree_Added_to_Course_Offerings/2132272486
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> Keith
>

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