news.bbc.co.uk— The teaching of evolution is becoming increasingly difficult in UK schools because of the rise of creationism, a leading scientist is warning.
Oct 5, 2007View in Crawl 4
What AceLy means is that thetheory of evolution does not cover the origin of life, just like the theory of the Big Bang does not cover why it happened, just how.
I consider dishonest and a liar. Back up anywhere where I claimed that science or evolution makes any claim or statement of God."...whether or not you know it."Are you claiming to know me and what I believe? Please expand on this statement.
It is very sad, it's like i saw on a site recently <a class="user" href="http://www.nationalcitypianolessons.com/">http://www.nationalcitypianolessons.com/</a> that has nothing to do with evolution, but it does have to do with teaching. You have to feel comfortable with your kids about the subject matter at hand. i think that it is the teacher's responsibility to feel comfortable and lead the path for her kids (students i mean) to really get down to learning fact. I mean, come on guys, how hard is it to take a contextualist view and simply say, God created the ooze, that became the sloth, that became the gorilla that became my brother (heeheehee) that became a human. You have the best of both worlds, spirituallity and science, and this way if someone is atheist well then they can leave God out.
Please note that I, Gerald B. Cleaver, am of a camp similar to Francis Collins'. I am a theistic evolutionist and a Christian. For me, evolution and Christian faith should NOT be seen as inherently in opposition, but can be viewed as mutually consistent. (Genesis should not be interpreted as scientific text--its intent and purpose was drastically different from that.) I too strongly oppose the Intelligent Design hypothesis of Bill Demski et al.--I do not believe it qualifies as a scientific theory! Thus, Bill's I.D. should not be taught as science in public schools, because, truly, it is not science. I too believe evolution is the Creator's method for generating the diversity of life on this planet. The evidence of the interconnected evolutionary development of all life on earth over an approximately 4 billion year time is overwhelming. Anyone not acknowledging this is either overlooking or denying the facts. Further, I believe that life has also likely evolved on other planets in our galaxy; throughout the hundreds of billions of other galaxies in our visible universe; and, throughout many of the (at least) 10^500 other likely universes in the string landscape. (It should not surprise Christians that the the entirety of creation is far more vast than ever imagined before.) To verify that this statement is from Gerald B. Cleaver, I may be emailed at Gerald_Cleaver@baylor.edu
init100Oct 6, 2007
Why? What if you believe in the wrong god? Why would that be better than not believing at all?
init100Oct 6, 2007
What AceLy means is that thetheory of evolution does not cover the origin of life, just like the theory of the Big Bang does not cover why it happened, just how.
Closed AccountOct 6, 2007
I consider dishonest and a liar. Back up anywhere where I claimed that science or evolution makes any claim or statement of God."...whether or not you know it."Are you claiming to know me and what I believe? Please expand on this statement.
chicharronOct 11, 2007
It is very sad, it's like i saw on a site recently <a class="user" href="http://www.nationalcitypianolessons.com/">http://www.nationalcitypianolessons.com/</a> that has nothing to do with evolution, but it does have to do with teaching. You have to feel comfortable with your kids about the subject matter at hand. i think that it is the teacher's responsibility to feel comfortable and lead the path for her kids (students i mean) to really get down to learning fact. I mean, come on guys, how hard is it to take a contextualist view and simply say, God created the ooze, that became the sloth, that became the gorilla that became my brother (heeheehee) that became a human. You have the best of both worlds, spirituallity and science, and this way if someone is atheist well then they can leave God out.
11dimensionsOct 22, 2007
Please note that I, Gerald B. Cleaver, am of a camp similar to Francis Collins'. I am a theistic evolutionist and a Christian. For me, evolution and Christian faith should NOT be seen as inherently in opposition, but can be viewed as mutually consistent. (Genesis should not be interpreted as scientific text--its intent and purpose was drastically different from that.) I too strongly oppose the Intelligent Design hypothesis of Bill Demski et al.--I do not believe it qualifies as a scientific theory! Thus, Bill's I.D. should not be taught as science in public schools, because, truly, it is not science. I too believe evolution is the Creator's method for generating the diversity of life on this planet. The evidence of the interconnected evolutionary development of all life on earth over an approximately 4 billion year time is overwhelming. Anyone not acknowledging this is either overlooking or denying the facts. Further, I believe that life has also likely evolved on other planets in our galaxy; throughout the hundreds of billions of other galaxies in our visible universe; and, throughout many of the (at least) 10^500 other likely universes in the string landscape. (It should not surprise Christians that the the entirety of creation is far more vast than ever imagined before.) To verify that this statement is from Gerald B. Cleaver, I may be emailed at Gerald_Cleaver@baylor.edu
guiguysjohnAug 10, 2008
I have put together a short presentation on creation that shows that evolution is not good science. Just click on the following link to view it. <a class="user" href="http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=582eeb375acf271f9c86">http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=582e ...</a> Thank you, John Phillips
readmomJan 24, 2009
I am sorry (not) but i must disagree with you. Creationists are not idiots.