by CORNELIA DEAN
January 31, 2008
"Increasingly vocal hostility of some religions to science, and some scientists to religion, the president of the United Church of Christ has appealed for both groups to communicate more openly and to recognize, as he put it, that each has something to contribute to the other.
"Faith is not a matter of “clinging to ancient misconceptions,” the leader, the Rev. John H. Thomas, wrote Tuesday in a letter to the church’s 1.2 million adherents, in 5,700 American congregations. “Today one of God’s most provocative voices is science.” Read more ...
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST EMBRACING EVOLUTION: "A New Voice Arising" (PDF)
National Center for Science Education
Also see: On Darwin's Birthday, Dover Still Isn't Over
*Prof. D. Showley said, "A bright note of sanity in the murky night of madness that is descending on us." Thanks for the article, Dee.
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