Comment on At La Sierra, Biology Faculty Affirms Importance of Teaching About Creation in Curriculum by JohnB.
What I really like about the proposal these professors and trustees provided is that several people put their names to it that have been otherwise quiet about their positions heretofore.
If the agenda exists as Shane believes (and adequately argues), then it gives a better idea of who is behind pushing that agenda at LSU.
Those people are individuals we should watch, and definitely expect them to clarify and expound upon this proposal (and require them to completely define it in its broadest context, providing boundaries for what is and is not allowed to be taught).
They are proposing a solution to this controversy they created. Perhaps they need to be more transparent about how they will implement their proposal.
Actually, now that I think about it, I think they must be absolutely, and completely transparent about their intentions, and provide their course curriculum for review and approval, and provide a statement that they will voluntarily resign if they deviate from that approved curriculum, or if they teach positions contrary to Biblical theology.
Furthermore, I think they should submit their entire lecture series to videotaped recording (for further analysis and to ensure that they do meet that commitment).
For those contending that their lectures are copywritten, please note that typically lectures are actually work product (as employees of LSU), and that lectures generally belong to the university and not to the individual professor (analogous to a researcher conducting research in a laboratory owned by the school. Any and all discoveries belong to the university.)
