Comment on Dr. Ariel Roth’s Creation Lectures for Teachers by Holly Pham.
A “Chair” of Intelligent Design would indeed be a “step backward” for an SDA institution, while being a GIANT step forward for one at Harvard.
As for being a “bridge” to somewhere, I have serious doubts about that, too. There is no way to “bridge” the ideas of Creationism, as presented here and other places, with Darwinian, or any other similar type of theory.
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Dr. Ariel Roth’s Creation Lectures for Teachers
@Eddie, One of the reasons some may be hesitant is that “Intelligent Design” means different things to people. There are those who support Intelligent Design who are not Christian and those who are Christian. So, just because Intelligen Design is being taught does not necessarily mean the type of Creationism we in the SDA Church and on ET are talking about.
Dr. Ariel Roth’s Creation Lectures for Teachers
ken:
That is why I remain open to scientific investigation of the concept of Intelligent Design. In fact, as many of you know, I have advocated for and agreed to support a Chair in Intelligent Design at any Adventist university. Strangely, not a single person has taken me up on the idea. Why?Your agnostic friend
Ken
Ken, No “Chair of Intellegent Design” needs to be started, since our whole philosophy is of Intellegent Creationism. Nobody has taken you up on it because it is not needed. We need to have our SDA institutions supporting all of our beliefs, not just one “Chair”.
Dr. Ariel Roth’s Creation Lectures for Teachers
I haven’t watched the whole thing, but I have learned a lot from this so far. Thank you and keep providing us with these types of articles for our educational benefit.
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