RE: [asa] Edinburgh mtg--Alexander

Just shows what an intelligent bunch we are, well, George
notwithstanding.

Dick Fischer

Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association

Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History

 <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org

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From: Randy Isaac <mailto:randyisaac@comcast.net>

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Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:32 AM

Subject: Re: [asa] Edinburgh mtg--Alexander

Survey Results:

Thank you for all your responses. Here's the distribution:

A: 27%

B: 16%

C: 49%

D: 5%

E: 3%

I presume the distribution of ASA members overall would look a little
different with a higher percentage for D, but that's just a guess based
on the comfort level needed to participate in this list!

Randy

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From: Randy Isaac <mailto:randyisaac@comcast.net>

To: asa@calvin.edu

Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:13 PM

Subject: [asa] Edinburgh mtg--Alexander

REPLY REQUESTED!

It was great to meet many of you in person at Edinburgh. It's always
good to put a face with the email address. I trust you returned home
safely and found the meeting to be productive.

I found the meeting to be very broad and far-ranging with some excellent
speakers. The audio is still being processed and should be posted as
soon as that is completed so those of you who couldn't attend can sample
some of the talks.

Meanwhile, I just received permission from Denis Alexander,
director/founder of the Faraday Institute, to share his presentation
with this group. The topic is very close to some of the recent threads
on this list. He intends to put much of the material into a chapter in a
book and I agreed to provide him with all your posts on this thread. He
would greatly value all your comments and feedback.

His talk was titled "Darwinian Evolution; The Really Hard Questions" The
audio will be available later but the full text and a pdf of his
presentation are available at:

http://www.asa3.org/~randyisaac/cis/cis2.html

Please do not forward this link outside this list for now. I only
obtained his permission for this group and this may only be a temporary
link.

This also gives me an opportunity to do an informal survey. On pages
21-25 of his presentation, he presents five models, A through E. I'd
like to ask all of you (including all lurkers) to send me a note
directly as a Reply to this note (do NOT copy the listserv or anyone
else) containing ONLY a SINGLE letter: A, B, C, D, or E, reflecting your
current inclination. No explanations or comments. I'll compile the
statistics and share them with all of you. (don't stack the deck by
voting more than once!)

The topic is broad enough that our discussion can go in many different
directions. Some possible major areas are:

Does he clearly and accurately reflect the science of human origins?

Does he clearly and accurately reflect the biblical/theological options?

Does he reasonably defend his own preference?

Randy

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