Re: Kurt Wise to replace Dembski at Southern

Janice posted the following quote from Kurt Wise:

> "I am a young-age creationist because the Bible indicates the universe is
> young. Given what we currently think we understand about the world, the
> majority of the scientific evidence favors an old earth and universe, not a young
> one. I would therefore say that anyone who claims that the earth is young for
> scientific evidence alone is scientifically ignorant. Thus I would suggest
> that the challenge you are trying to meet is unmeetable."
>

Of course I disagree with the YEC part, but on the face of it, this sound
like an honest response to the challenge of scientific evidence.

But the news blip that Louise pointed out has the following statement.

"We need to train Southern Baptist pastors to equip young people to engage
Darwinism from elementary school on. We also need to train Southern Baptists to
recognize Darwinist thinking in ways that are subtle that they don't even
recognize."
    
    
The tone here is ominous. It reads rather like a fox hunt.

If my memory is correct, in the past, Southern Baptist Seminary instructors
have taken a position of "tolerance" (at least) toward the age of the earth
and
how God manifest in through the ages. I vaguely recall it turned a bit pro
ID
under Dembski, but not radically so. Yet I cannot reconcile the two quotes
above.

So, what does this mean for the direction of SBTS with Kurt Wise in charge?

I reckon it will take a profound overflowing of Grace to get through
this age without seeing the very fabric of society torn to shreds and
thrown asunder.

Wayne
Received on Fri Apr 14 20:06:17 2006