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Posted by Timothy Sandefur on November 12, 2004 10:00 AM

Incidentally, while writing the last post, I stumbled upon the McLean v. Arkansas Documentation Project, a pretty cool resource with lots of material on the case.

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Posted by Salvador T. Cordova on November 12, 2004 10:23 AM (e) (s)

Hi Timothy,

That was an excellent website. One of the witnesses against the creationist side was Dr. Harold Morowitz who is now a professor at my school, George Mason University.

Morowitz’s insights into creationist misuse of the 2nd law of Thermodynamics is right on the mark.

However, it is interesting Morowitz is now accpeting grants from the Templeton Foundation.

See :
http://www.arn.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=0…

from Cosmic Joy page 280:

What emerges from all this is the return of “mind” to all areas of scientific thought. This is good news from the point of view of all varieties of natural theology. For a universe where mind is a fundamental part of reality more easily makes contact with the mind of god than does a mindless world.

page 298:
Like Dyson and Henderson and Teilhard, I find it hard not to see design in a universe that works so well. Each new scientific discovery seems to reinforce that vision of design. As I like to say to my friends, the universe works much better than we have any right to expect.

Comment #10217

Posted by Bill Gascoyne on November 12, 2004 01:24 PM (e) (s)

I get an error from that link.

Comment #10225

Posted by Wesley R. Elsberry on November 12, 2004 04:40 PM (e) (s)

The canonical URL for the McLean Documentation Project is

http://antievolution.org/projects/mclean/new_site/index.htm…

Wesley

Comment #10233

Posted by John Jones on November 12, 2004 11:28 PM (e) (s)

Fantastic resource. Langdon Gilkey, a theologian testifying for the plaintiffs (i.e. one of the good guys), was a prof of mine in college and spoke often about that case. I believe he’s since retired and is now Emeritus at UVA. He also wrote a book on the trial, “Creationism on Trial.” Terrific discussion of the differences between scientific and religious inquiry.

Comment #10238

Posted by Steve on November 13, 2004 12:50 AM (e) (s)

I’ve heard philosophers criticise Ruse, but I’ve never heard any Gilkey criticism.

Comment #10292

Posted by Ed Darrell on November 14, 2004 04:35 PM (e) (s)

Mr. Cordova said:

Morowitz’s insights into creationist misuse of the 2nd law of Thermodynamics is right on the mark.

However, it is interesting Morowitz is now accpeting grants from the Templeton Foundation.

Why is that interesting? The Templeton Foundation is interesting in rapprochement. They do not have a religious agenda which supports creationism.

The foundation’s website says:

The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise.

http://www.templeton.org/