  Sean_of_detroit Member Username: Sean_of_detroit Post Number: 2271 Registered: 03-2008 |
URL: http://www.freep.com/article/2 0090215/NEWS05/902150406/1001/ rss01 Excerpt: Praise Darwin. That notion may seem sacrilegious to traditional churchgoers, but dozens of clergy across metro Detroit plan today to celebrate the virtues and ideas of Charles Darwin, the English naturalist whose theory of evolution is being remembered this month on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Their efforts are part of a growing movement to help congregations both believe in God and accept evolution at the same time. Some fear the United States will lose ground as a world leader in education and technology if the public rejects the basics of science. So to them, it makes moral sense to honor Darwin, who laid the foundation of modern biology and parts of other sciences. It's important for people of faith to go on record as saying we have no conflict with science," said the Rev. James Rhodenhiser, rector of St. Clare of Assisi Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor. "Otherwise, people may get an impression that religious people are dumb, ignorant and hostile to science...." "....There is room for God in my understanding of how the universe works," said Danita Brandt, a professor of geological sciences at Michigan State University who studies evolutionary patterns in invertebrates and is co-organizing several Darwin birthday events this month at MSU. "Science and religion are both important." Scientists like Brandt are concerned that Darwin's ideas have increasingly come under attack by some evangelicals, Southern Baptists, and others with a more literal view of the Bible. Most recently, evolution opponents have touted the idea of intelligent design, urging schools across the United States to teach it in classrooms.... ...."We're the silent majority," Brandt said. | ||
Themax Member Username: Themax Post Number: 824 Registered: 09-2005 |
I certainly hope they are the majority. Talking to people on other forums about evolution is pretty discouraging. A mind is a terrible thing to lose.[paraphrase of Dan Quayle quote] |
