Here's a new article for discussion and distribution. It's called "A
Whale of a Tale: Fundamentalist Fish Stories" by Edward B. Davis (Ted),
Associate Professor of Science and History, Messiah College, Grantham,
PA 17027 from Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 43:224-237
(1991). Post discussion on asa@calvin.edu
<bold>Introduction</bold>
"According to a persistent story, exactly one hundred years ago a
sailor named James
Bartley was swallowed by a sperm whale off the Falkland Islands. About
thirty-six
hours later his fellow sailors found him, unconscious but alive, inside
the belly of
the animal. What follows is the result of my attempt to uncover the
real story, as
well as the story of the story--how this whale of a tale found its way
into the
fundamentalist apologetic tradition, as well as a sizeable number of
conservative
biblical commentaries."
Terry G.
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Terry M. Gray, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Calvin College 3201 Burton SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Office: (616) 957-7187 FAX: (616) 957-6501
Email: grayt@calvin.edu http://www.calvin.edu/~grayt
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