Dawsonzhu@aol.com wrote:
> burgytwo@juno.com wrote
> <<
> Try it (www.ILOR.COM)-- it is a new way to search
> for stuff. And it told me the ASA had
> more "friends" than I suspected.
> >>
>
> I don't know exactly what you mean by "friends",
> but the humanists didn't appear to label ASA as mere
> "creationist". It even gave a separate category
> to ASA. That seems either a notable accomplishment
> for ASA, or an act of generosity on the part of the
> humanists
>
> http://www.humanist.net/skeptical/creationism.html
>
> On the other hand, Dawkins did label ASA as a
> "creationist website" right up at the top with
> ICR
>
> http://www.world-of-dawkins.com/rl_creation.htm
>
> but that seems consistent with Dawkins. ASA does
> not base its membership on which side of the fence
> a Christian stands on the origins issue.
Wayne -
Of course I understand what you mean by the latter phrase but I
think it's important to emphasize (especially for non-ASA members on the
list) that ASA does come down quite unambiguously on one side of the
fundamental origins issue. I.e., the organization's statement of faith
says that the universe is the creation of the Triune God, as confessed
in the Nicene & Apostles' Creeds. This is diametrically opposed to the
position of, e.g., Dawkins. OTOH, the ASA has no official stance on
secondary (though important) questions of whether & to to what extent
God's creative activity took place through evolutionary processes.
BTW, isn't "world-of-dawkins" a kind of pretentious name for a
website?
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
"The Science-Theology Interface"
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