Textbook fights in Texas again? NCSE | National Center for Science Education - Defending the Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools. How Do I Read the Bible? Let Me Count the Ways. En español by Peter M. J. Hess, Director, Religious Community Outreach Opponents of evolution often claim that their opposition is based upon a lack of supporting scientific evidence. In reality, their objection frequently stems from a separate issue: how to read the Bible and interpret the view of nature it projects. Figure 1 An early-twentieth-century conceptualization of ancient cosmology.
The Bible reflects the specific pre-scientific world-view of the ancient Hebrew people. Of course, all ancient peoples had pre-scientific cosmologies, whether Mesopotamians and Egyptians, or Mayans and Native Americans, or peoples of the Indus River valley. In light of this history, how are we to read the Bible? In contrast to the efforts of the masses. From the earliest days of the Church, Christian clerics and theologians have also argued that there are multiple layers to scriptural meaning, and multiple ways of reading the Bible.
Augustine of Hippo. Charpentier, Etienne. Dyck, Elmer, ed. Evolution : Pharyngula. Teachers, come to Minneapolis this summer! Not for the Republican convention, but for the other great big important meeting that will be taking place: Evolution 2008. Teachers in particular get a really good deal: a special workshop is planned, specifically on the teaching of evolutionary biology in the schools. We’ve got some good speakers (and me) lined up, and the registration cost of a mere $20 not only gets you into the workshop, but into the regular meetings as well. Here are the details: Evolution 101 Workshop for K-12 Educators Friday, June 20, 2008 Bell Museum of Natural History University of Minnesota .625 CEUsOne $20 registration also gives K-12 teachers access to sessions and symposia by the sponsoring scientific organizations, as well as social events and keynote speakers for the full conference, June 20-24.The EVOLUTION 101 workshop provides K-12 educators with information to effectively teach evolutionary biology in public and private school science classrooms.
THE EVOLUTION LIST. Home - Evidence for the Evolutionary Model. The Flagellum Unspun. The Panda's Thumb. TalkOrigins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy.