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Churches gear up for Evolution Sunday

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Cushing Daily Citizen: Churches gear up for Evolution Sunday (HT: Presbyweb)

NORMAN, Okla. — Hundreds of churches across the globe will mark Evolution Sunday Feb. 11 with sermons and educational events dedicated to the idea that religion and science don’t have to be sworn enemies.

So far, 535 congregations from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Virgin Islands, and five foreign countries are scheduled to participate, including Norman Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Local author and Norman Unitarian Universalist member Susan Cogan will speak on “Why Darwin Matters,” a talk that will focus on the validity of evolutionary theory.

“It’s a way to fight back,” Cogan said. “It’s a way to show that you can believe in God and accept evolution. The scientific debate has kind of been forced into a political and religious one.”

The church also will host “Darwin Day” Feb. 12 which will feature a screening of the 1960 film “Inherit the Wind,” which portrays a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial. …

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8 responses to “Churches gear up for Evolution Sunday”

  1. Andy Avatar
    Andy

    “The church also will host “Darwin Day” Feb. 12 which will feature a screening of the 1960 film “Inherit the Wind,” which portrays a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial. …”
    I am by no means a young-earth creationist. That said, I get the heebie-jeebies just reading this. First of all, “Darwinism” – that is, as Darwin himself presented it – really is non-theistic. That’s not to say that belief in adaptive biological change over time is anti-Christian, only that Charles Darwin isn’t exactly a poster child for the reconciliation of science and religion.
    Second, “Inherit the Wind” is an infamous screed. The movie (and the book) gloss over Clarence Darrow’s less savory traits (i.e., the fact that he was a Communist, a virulent atheist, an open anti-Semite, and an enthusiastic proponent of racial eugenics) and casts W.J. Bryan, one of the finest public minds of his generation, as a doddering fool.
    The movie also fails to note that the trial was a spectacle from the start, orchestrated by the Dayton town fathers, and that Scopes (the teacher on trial) was in on the plan.
    Argh.

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  2. Michael Kruse Avatar
    Michael Kruse

    I am with you Andy. I consider myself a theistic evolutionist but this just one more attempt to politicize the church. This whole campgain strikes me as more than a little nutty.

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  3. David M. Smith Avatar
    David M. Smith

    Michael,
    Have you seen Case for a Creator?

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  4. Michael Kruse Avatar
    Michael Kruse

    I have seen it but it but haven’t read it yet. I like some of his other books.

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  5. will spotts Avatar
    will spotts

    I’m glad someone besides me finds this creepy.

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  6. Michael Kruse Avatar
    Michael Kruse

    “I’m glad someone besides me finds this creepy.”
    That is just because we have not sufficiently evolved.
    🙂

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  7. will spotts Avatar
    will spotts

    What – worried Geico will do a series of commercials about us?

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  8. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    LOL
    Nice!

    Reply

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