Wayne -- you should join the list. By the time this stuff hits the
archives we are already onto other subjects! < G >
Wayne wrote me as follows, giving permission to post.
Let me say again -- I did not find Moorad's story off subject in any way.
This
indoctrination stuff does happen.
Burgy
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:17:56 -0800 wbelcher@usgs.gov writes:
> Burgy,
> I wanted to respond to your comment on the teacher story the ASA
> list. Since I am not a member and only look at the archives on the
> Internet, please feel free to post my comments (or not!).
>
> With regard to Lucy's comment, I would also agree with John, "Never
> say never". When I was in high school, my biology teacher spent the
> first half-hour of the initial class on evolution trashing
Christianity.
> One of his great insights was 'How could an all powerful, all loving
God
> allow the suffering we see in the world?" Another was "Science has
removed
> the need for God". Another was "Why would a loving God only provide
one way
> to Him?" This was before I was a believer and I thought this was the
> greatest stuff had ever heard. It took almost 5 years for me to shake
off
> this teaching.
>
> Wayne R. Belcher, Ph.D.
> Hydrologist
> USGS-WRD
> Las Vegas, NV
>
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