From: Walter Hicks (wallyshoes@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Sep 25 2003 - 10:00:01 EDT
Sorry,
ICR is the "institute for creation research".
Their web site is http://www.icr.org/
Walt
SHEILA WILSON wrote:
> What is ICR???? Please include descriptions with
> abbreviations at least once at the BEGINNING of
> each email. Sheila
>
> Walter Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Late last year, a number of ICR books
> were placed
> in the Library of my Church and then
> touted in the
> weekly newsletter. I read them and got
> pretty
> upset. There is no way that most of
> the members of
> the congregation could tell that it
> was VooDoo and
> not Science. Even some pretty smart
> engineers get
> "faked out". I have spent a lot of
> time pushing to
> get a more balanced presentation in
> the church.
> (Note that I said balanced, rather
> than a slam
> dunk as advocated by some.)
>
> One thing has been to get the
> scientific outlook
> listed as a resource on the Church's
> web site. It
> was not an easy task and I believe
> that others
> tried to undermine my effort. Anyhow,
> it finally
> happened. Take a look at the last item
> on:
>
> htt
> ://www.grace.org/spiritdir/resources.shtml
>
> Just a small step, but something.
>
> Now, if we can just get you you guys
> and gals to
> be sensitive and recognize that a
> gentle approach
> might win some ASA visitors away from
> the false
> science of ICR ........
>
>
> Walt
>
>
>
> ===================================
> Walt Hicks
>
> In any consistent theory, there must
> exist true but not provable
> statements.
> (Godel's Theorem)
>
> You can only find the truth with logic
>
> If you have already found the truth
> without it. (G.K. Chesterton)
> ===================================
>
>
> Sheila McGinty Wilson
> sheila-wilson@sbcglobal.net
-- =================================== Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>In any consistent theory, there must exist true but not provable statements. (Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic If you have already found the truth without it. (G.K. Chesterton) ===================================
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