Re: Kurt Wise to replace Dembski at Southern

Wayne, I had the same response -- how can someone claim to be "engaging" an
idea when the "engagement" is merely fideism? Is SBTS' stance on
epistemology now going to become one of simple fideism?

On 4/14/06, Dawsonzhu@aol.com <Dawsonzhu@aol.com> wrote:
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> Janice posted the following quote from Kurt Wise:
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> "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."
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> 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.
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> But the news blip that Louise pointed out has the following statement.
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> "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."
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> The tone here is ominous. It reads rather like a fox hunt.
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> 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.
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> So, what does this mean for the direction of SBTS with Kurt Wise in
> charge?
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> 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.
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> Wayne
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Received on Fri Apr 14 20:24:54 2006