Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Who Said What? Statements on Evolution and Creationism

Who Wrote What? Organizational Positions on Evolution


Here's a quiz regarding different organizations and their position in the creation/evolution discussion. To take this quiz, make your best guess at who said what.
Based off of Leonard C. Kirk and Ronald Lieberman's article in Creation/Evolution Issue 39, located here: http://ncse.com/webfm_send/1169

"Cosmogony itself speaks to us of the origins of the universe and its makeup, not in order to provide us with a scientific treatise but in order to state the correct relationship of man with God and with the universe. Sacred scripture wishes simply to declare that the world was created by God, and in order to teach this truth, it expresses itself in the terms of the
cosmology in use at the time of the writer ... The sacred book ... does not ... teach how heaven was made but how one goes to heaven."
Charles Darwin
Patrick J. Buchanan
Bertrand Russell
Pope John Paul II
"Man learns from two books: the universe for the human study of things created by God; and the Bible, for the study of God's superior will and truth. One belongs to reason, and the other to faith. Between them there is no clash."
Charles Darwin
Pope Pius XII
Pat Robertson
Bertrand Russell
The Encyclopedia ... cites ... theologian George Forell's interpretation of "the doctrine of creation as expressing a theory not about the origin of the world" but as describing man's situation in the world."
Encyclopedia of the Episcopal Church
Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church
Encyclopedia of Agnosticism
Encyclopedia of Humanism
"[T]he principles and concepts of biological evolution are basic to understanding science ... students who are not taught these principles, or who hear 'creationism' presented as a scientific alternative, will not be receiving an education based on modern scientific knowledge, ... ignorance about evolution will seriously undermine their understanding of the world and the natural laws governing it, and their introduction to other explanations described as 'scientific' will give them false ideas about scientific methods and criteria."
American Association for Advancement of Science
Biological Society of America
Central Conference of American Rabbis
"We testify to our belief that the historic Christian doctrine of the Creator God does not depend on any particular account of the origins of life for its truth and validity ... The assumption that the Bible contains scientific data about origins misreads a literature which emerged in a pre-scientific age."
American Association for Advancement of Science
United Church Board of Homeland Ministries
Episcopalian



The answers above might be surprising to many. Share any thoughts in the comments section.
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  1. AnonymousApril 4, 2010 at 2:47 PM

    Interesting stuff...you should mention the quote from the Vatican's chief astronomer: "Intelligent design isn't science even though it pretends to be. If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science." Fr. George Coyne

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  2. AnonymousApril 5, 2010 at 7:08 AM

    There is no testable, observable scientific method to test either evolution or creation. They both belong to the realms of religion. Science itself does not contradict religion, but people should not call evolution "science".

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