On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Keith B Miller wrote:
> Denis:
>
> I know you have good intentions, but in my opinion your proposed news
> release would be a disaster for the ASA. 1) It lends support to a
> anti-evolutionary movement at the school board level which is profoundly
> misguided. Such a news release will cause us to lose any influence with
> the NABT or the National Center for Science Education (to which I belong).
> 2) It gives the impression that the ASA's primary concern is the
> creation/evolution issue - a view which the ASA has been recently trying to
> overcome. 3) It acts to place the ASA firmly in the ID camp, which a few
> days on this listserve shows to be decidedly false. Many within the ASA
> have significant disagreements with the proponents of ID on both scientific
> and theological grounds.
>
> Newsreleases would be best used to promote ASA annual meetings, the
> ASA/Templeton lecture series, and similar projects.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> Keith B. Miller
> Department of Geology
> Kansas State University
> Manhattan, KS 66506
> kbmill@ksu.ksu.edu
> http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
>
>
>
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Dr. Pattle Pun
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