Re: [asa] Theological Naturalism - 'The Nature of God' = Naturalism

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Gregory Arago wrote:

> The IDM appears to have done, in a short period of time, more than ASA has done in its entire history (a history I don't know that well) in bringing the dialogue between science and religion, science and theology or science and faith to the mainstream American public. Granted, not all of what it brings is healthy, but 'bring it' it has certainly managed to do! I was at Discovery Institute not long ago and they've got resources to hand out, videos under their belt and books that are not too far out when they stay away from the politics. Priviledged Planet and the new resource Explore Evolution are indeed achievements. So let's not be so quick to throw stones at what they've done.

I grant that the "mainstream American public" is more likely to have heard
of Intelligent Design than of the ASA, but do they know what ID means?
Most of them probably assume that it is antievolutionary and the same as
(lower case) intelligent design. Many may have heard of Behe's irreducible
complexity, but how many know anything about Dembski's theories?

Gordon Brown

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Received on Mon Jul 23 19:50:39 2007