Why the fuss about Darwin and Evolution? Dr. Eugenie C. Scott Executive Director, National Center for Science Education December 2, 2009 Satellite Student Union 7:30 PM Consortium for Evolutionary Studies California State University, Fresno Evolutionary Biology Lecture Series
A public lecture on "Why all the fuss about Darwin and Evolution?" by Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director of National Center for Science Education, on the campus of California State University, Fresno, presented on December 2, 2009. The event was sponsored by the campus Consortium for Evolutionary Studies.
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Why the fuss about Darwin and Evolution?
Dr. Eugenie C. ScottExecutive Director,
National Center for Science Education
December 2, 2009Satellite Student Union7:30 PM
Consortium for Evolutionary StudiesCalifornia State University, Fresno
Geocentrism…you would find that all [church fathers] agree in explaining literally (ad litteram) that the sun is in the heavens and moves swiftly around the earth, and that the earth is far from the heavens and stands immobile in the center of the universe. Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, April 12, 1615, cited in Galileo, Science
and the Church by Jerome Langford, pp 60-62)
Gerardus Bouw
Gerardus Bouw
Geocentrism
If God cannot be taken literally when He writes of the rising of the sun, how can one insist that He be taken literally when writing of the rising of the Son?
Gerardus Bouw, 1984 With Every Wind of doctrine: Biblical, Historical and Scientific Perspectives on
Creation
Evolution
Flat EarthersGeocentrists
Young-earth Creationists
The Creation/Evolution Continuum
Henry M. Morris
Special Creationism
Graphic
Graphic
Colorado Plateau, Creationist Style
Early flood
Pre-flood
Late flood
Post flood
Grand Canyon, Monument to CatastropheSteve Austin
Grand Canyon, Monument to CatastropheSteve Austin
The Word of God must take first priority, and secondly, the observed facts of science. Morris, H. 1985. Scientific Creationism 2nd General Edition. El Cajon, CA:Creation Life Publishers, p 215
“critically analyze evidence for evolution” “both evidence for and evidence against
evolution”
Euphemisms…
“critically analyze evidence for evolution” “both evidence for and evidence against
evolution” “both strengths and weaknesses of evolution”
Euphemisms…
“critically analyze evidence for evolution” “both evidence for and evidence against
evolution” “both strengths and weaknesses of evolution” “evolution as theory not fact”
Euphemisms…
“critically analyze evidence for evolution” “both evidence for and evidence against
evolution” “both strengths and weaknesses of evolution” “evolution as theory not fact” “teach the full range of views about origins”
Euphemisms…
“critically analyze evidence for evolution” “both evidence for and evidence against
evolution” “both strengths and weaknesses of evolution” “evolution as theory not fact” “teach the full range of views about origins” “teach the controversy”
Euphemisms…
“critically analyze evidence for evolution” “both evidence for and evidence against
evolution” “both strengths and weaknesses of evolution” “evolution as theory not fact” “teach the full range of views about origins” “teach the controversy”