What I find unusual about this story in the first place is that evolution is taught at an SDA university at all! A large number of creationists that began the movement were Adventists. Jerry Bergman has a short article on the origin of the American creationist movement and, of course, Ronald Numbers' book The Creationists, is loaded with information of this sort. It is clear from the article that these three professors have an uphill battle in front of them.The ultimate goal of the petition drive is to require Adventist teaching on creation in La Sierra biology classes, said Shane Hilde, the Beaumont man and La Sierra graduate spearheading the petition drive. If that doesn't happen, petition supporters may push La Sierra to disassociate itself from the Seventh-day Adventist Church, he said.
The petition does not single out La Sierra, but Hilde said it is the target. Evolution opponents are looking into allegations of pro-evolution biases at other Adventist universities, he said.
The petition does not call for the dismissal of the three La Sierra biology professors who are at the center of the controversy. But Hilde said "that ultimately is what happens in these situations."
UPDATE: sorry, forgot the link. It is there now.
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The petition says nothing about stopping evolution from being taught. It's not even an intended goal on any level for Educate Truth. If I remember correctly, the PE article makes no mention of that either.
ReplyDeleteYou're introductory sentence is misleading.
If the petition demands that creation be taught as 6 24-hour days, then what is implicit is that evolution cannot be taught. You are correct that my opening sentense should have been better, though. A better opening sentence would have been "combat the teaching of evolution." I should have been more careful
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