[amc] Re: Fwd: [PHILDEPT:898] Upcoming event
- From: Janice Friesen <janicef@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Nevitt D. Reesor" <reesor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Austin Mennonite Church <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:07:10 -0600
Biola stands for Bible Institute of Los Angeles. It is very conservative
and evangelical. Lots of my friends in California went there :-)
Janice
On 3/6/06 2:34 PM, "Nevitt D. Reesor" <reesor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> FYI, in case anyone is interested.
>
> Sarkar is a professor in the UT philosophy department; he's hardcore atheistic
> scientific reductionist. Nelson is with the International Society for
> Complexity, Information, and Design, a groups of well-credentialed academics
> whose main goal seems to be to support the notion of intelligent design. He is
> also a professor at Biola University, a Christian school that looks
> Evangelical from the website.
>
>
> Nevitt
>
>
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> Intelligent Design vs. Evolutionary Theory: A Debate on the Nature of
> Evolution
> WHEN: 7:30 PM, Thursday, March 9, 2006
> WHERE: UTC 2.112A
> WHO: Open to the general public
>
> Dr. Sahotra Sarkar, Professor at The University of Texas, and Dr. Paul
> Nelson, Fellow at the Discovery Institute, will debate the plausibility of
> explaining evolutionary processes in purely natural terms. The main question
> of the debate will be, "Can the evolution of life on earth be explained by
> purely natural processes?" Dr. Nelson will contend that evolutionary theory
> cannot adequately explain the history of life on earth and argue for a
> supernatural Intelligent Designer, while Dr. Sarkar will argue in contra.
>
> This event is organized by the Undergraduate Philosophy Association. For
> more information about the debate, visit http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/upa.
>
>
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